Ecclesiastical enclosure in Estersnow, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Situated in a low-lying landscape with rock outcrop. The ruined rectangular 18th-century church (RO010-040001-) within the rectangular graveyard (RO010-040002-) is within a large enclosure (diam. c. 200m) defined by a scarp (H up to 1.5m) N-E-SW, which extends S of a small ENE-WSW stream.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-040003

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
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