Embanked enclosure in Boghtaduff, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a knoll on a S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.3m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) ESE-W-NE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter has been quarried NE-ESE and the spoil left in the interior, together with field boulders on the perimeter.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO008C019001

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Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com

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