Embanked enclosure in Bunnamucka, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 22m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 8.2-8.4m; Wth of base 2-3.9m; D 0.5-1.6m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.5-6.9m; ext. H 1.1-1.8m), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.6m; ext. D 0.5m) NNE-ENE. There is no identifiable original entrance (max. ext. dim. 49.2m NE-SW).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-156

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie

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