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Earthwork in Runnamoat

Earthwork
Earthwork in Runnamoat
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What is recorded here

On the crest towards the SE end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Knox (1911, 313-16) describes an attached 'outer garth' to the N and E of moated site (RO034-045002-) enclosed by further fosses and banks, but there is no evidence of these features now.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO034-045002

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  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Roscommon Herald (publisher); individual photographer not named for this image, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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