Embanked enclosure in Bellacagher, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a slight SW-facing slope. Described as a subrectangular area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, a wide rounded fosse and an outer bank with an entrance causeway at SSW (Gannon 1972). It was removed during 1995 and is not now visible at ground level in pasture. It is visible as a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims c. 42m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 5m) on Digitalglobe images.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO034-033

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