Embanked enclosure in Corbally Middle, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the NE end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 30.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4.4m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 1.7m) N-ESE and SSW-W and elsewhere by a scarp (at S: H 0.9m; at NW: H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.4m) SW-WNW. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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