Embanked enclosure in Ballydaly, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46.4m E-W; 42m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5.3m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.65-1m) S-W-NNE, but reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO028-155

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Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.gaa.ie

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