Embanked enclosure in Runnaboll, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a slight rise in a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1.6m), which is circumvented by a field bank SE-S. There is no visible bank, fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-012

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