Embanked enclosure in Dungar, fairy fort in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a level landscape. Described as having a wide earthen bank (Gannon 1972). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 36m WNW-ESE; c. 20m NNE-SSSW) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.8m). It is truncated at N by a WNW-ESE road.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO015-022

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Breda Durr / Roscommon Herald, www.roscommonherald.ie
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