Embanked enclosure in Lishugh, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) SW-NW reduced to a scarp (H 0.4-0.7m) elsewhere, separated by a complete fosse (Wth of base 3.5-4m) from an outer bank (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) and a second outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.4m) which only survive E-S-NW. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-117

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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