Earthwork in Knockadaff, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a small mound (diam. c. 15m) on the 1915 edition. Situated on a low rise. Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims. 10.5m E-W; 9m N-S) with a slightly concave summit defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.3m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-020

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St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Alan Murray-Rust, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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