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Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a hachured feature (diam. c. 25m) truncated at S by an E-W quarry. Situated on the SW bank of the NW-SE Feorish River with the river immediately to the N. D-shaped scrub-covered area (dims. 17m E-W; 8.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m at W to 3.2m at E). It is bisected by a N-S field bank and drain, and truncated by a quarry at S. It may be a spoil mound. Moated site (RO001-002----) is c. 180m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO001-001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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