Embanked enclosure in Carrowbehy, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the SE-facing crest of a low hill. It is not visible at ground level, and the site is now occupied by a grass-covered quarry.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO019-014

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Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
David Farrell Photography / Western People, www.westernpeople.ie
Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
Maker not stated on source page, paganplaces.com
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