Embanked enclosure in Corralara, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.5m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 6.5m at S to 8.5m at W; int. H 0.5m at S to 1.5m at W; ext. H 1.65 at E to 2m at W) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 9.2-10.5m; D 0.2-0.6m). An external bank (Wth 7-8.2m; int. H 0.85-1m; ext. H 1.1m) NE-SSE is incorporated into a field bank NNW-NE. There is an entrance (Wth 5.7m) through the outer bank and a causeway (Wth 5m) at SE. Rath (RO011-090002-) is immediately to the W. The possible standing stone (RO011-152----) is c. 130m to the ESE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-090001

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