Embanked enclosure in Rathkeva, barrow in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the N-facing crest of an E-W drumlin ridge. Oval flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of top 14m NE-SW; 10.4m NW-SE; dims of base 17m NW-SW; 14.4m NW-SE; H 0.7m at SW to 1.4m generally) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6.7-7.3m; Wth of base 3.5-4.5m; D 0.3-0.4m) and outer bank (Wth 1m at SW to 3.4m at NW; ext. H 0.2-0.6m) which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 4.4-5.4m; int. H 1.2-1.8m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) NE-S (max. ext. dims 32.7m N-S; 29m E-W). There is an entrance (Wth 3.5m) in the bank at S. Archaeological testing (05E0385) c. 130m to the SW failed to produce any related material (Read, C. 2008h).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-142

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