Embanked enclosure in Pollanarroo, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the crest of the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.1m E-W; 27.9m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4m; Wth of top 1.6-2m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 1.1-1.7m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.1m) SW-WNW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but a collapsed E-W field wall overlies the interior at S. Rath (RO032-053----) is c. 150m to the SSE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-052

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