Embanked enclosure in Corgarrow, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a drumlin overlooking the N shore of Drumman Lough, c. 250m to the SSW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 48m N-S) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 4.2m at N to 6.8m at S; int. H 0.45-1m; ext. H 1.8-2m) NNW-E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5m at S to 5m at N; D 0.4m at N to 1.2m at S). There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO017-169----) is c. 150m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-168

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