Embanked enclosure in Ballincurry, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a steep S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.3m; int. H 0.55-0.65m; ext. H 0.15-0.65m) with some bushes SSW-N-E which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse but there are entrances at NNW (Wth 1.8m) and SSE (Wth 3.5m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO036-015

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