Embanked enclosure in Lisnagroob, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 31.1m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.9m), but there is a fosse (Wth of top 4.9m; Wth of base 3.7m; int. D 1.4m; ext. D 0.6m) and overgrown outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.6m) S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO025-024

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