Embanked enclosure in Finnor, fairy fort in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a rise overlooking the W-E Killukin River, c. 130m to the N. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 24.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a gapped and grass-covered stone spread (Wth 0.9m at N to 2.6m at W; int. H 0.1m at S to 0.95m at W; ext. H 0.1-0.2m), with a drystone wall built on top of a scarp (H 1.5-1.7m) N-E-SW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO011-092001-) is c. 120m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-091

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