Embanked enclosure in Knockcroghery, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the crest of the N-facing slope of a N-S ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.5m ENE-WSW; 36.7m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 5.3-5.5m; int. H c. 1m; ext. H c. 2m). A fosse that was visible at S (Gannon 1972) is now back-filled, and there is no recognisable entrance. A house site (RO042-061002-) (ext. dims 6.75m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by a low bank is attached to the inside of the perimeter at N, and there has been some quarrying inside the perimeter at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO042-061001

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