Embanked enclosure in Elphin, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small feature (diam. c. 10-15m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise of an E-facing slope, c. 140m W of Kinard House. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 8.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth. 4.4-4.8m; int. H 0.25m at N to 0.8m at W; ext. H 1.3m-1.8m) with mature deciduous trees on the perimeter and an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at NNE. It may be a tree-ring.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-130

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