Embanked enclosure in Coolroghaun, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) only on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (GA020), and situated on a level, low-lying landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO038-034

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St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie

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