Earthwork in Aghacurreen, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 15m), perhaps a quarry, and situated just off the crest of a NW-SE ridge, on the SW-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-039

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Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ru
GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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