Earthwork in Hawksford, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c . 10m), and situated on the crest of a NW-SE ridge. This is a trapezoidal grass-covered earth and stone mound (dims 13.5m E-W; 5.5m N-S at W to 9.5m N-S at E; H 0.3m at E to 1.1m at W) with quarries on the perimeter. Rath (RO008C010001-) and Man-made underground passage (RO008C010002-) are c. 70m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO008C009

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