Embanked enclosure in Lisnanarriagh, County Roscommon

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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floodplain of Lough Ree, which is c. 1km to the SE. Subcircular area (int. dims 39.5m E-W; 36.4m N-S) defined by a water-filled moat (at N: Wth c. 8m; D c. 1m; at SE: Wth c. 4m; D c. 1m). The moat is filled in S-W and a laneway runs NE-SW across the monument from a N-S road at E to houses on the W side. A channel (Wth c. 6m; D c. 1m) has been dug from the perimeter at NW towards the centre (L. c. 15m). The S half is grass-covered but the N part is overgrown, with some mature trees. Archaeological testing (04E1364) c. 20m to SE failed to produce any related material (Read 2007j).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO040-021

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