Embanked enclosure in Lisphilip, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a slight W-facing slope towards the W end of a low E-W spur. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40.5m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.4m) reduced to a scarp (H 1m) at S and NW, and an outer fosse (Wth 4.7m; D 0.55m) SE-W-NW. The bank is truncated by an E-W field bank at N and the fosse by a N-S road bank at E. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-038

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