Embanked enclosure in Lissagallan, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a slight N-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 29.8m N-S; 28.2m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 4.2m; Wth of top 1m; int. H 0.25-0.45m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) W-NE and by a scarp (H 0.8m) SSE-W. The straight E side has been truncated by a scarp (H 0.2m) associated with a N-S road. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Archaeological testing (07E0325) just to the SW failed to produce any related material (Morahan 2010a).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO035-075

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Roscommon Herald (publisher); individual photographer not named for this image, www.roscommonherald.ie
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