Embanked enclosure in Corkeenagh, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Just off the crest of a small NW-SE drumlin ridge on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking Grange Lough c. 200m to the SE. Circular overgrown area (diam. 39m N-S; 37.6m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-6.4m; int. H 0.8-1.1m; ext. H 1-1.7m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.8m) E-S, and a fosse (Wth of top 4.4-5.5m; Wth of base 1.7-2.3m; D 0.4-0.6m) which is obscured with spoil W-N. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-037

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