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On a gentle S-facing slope with a SE-NW stream c. 35m to the SW. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 32m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-N, and a shallow fosse (Wth of base 2.2-2.3m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m) SW-N-SE. There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter is truncated by an E-W road bank at S and the fosse is clipped by a field bank at E. Archaeological testing (02E0312) immediately to the W failed to recover any related material (Carey 2004b).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-042

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  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ie
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