Embanked enclosure in Toberavaddy, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a WNW-ESE ridge in a loop of the River Suck which lies c. 500m to the NE and SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 50.8m N-S; 46.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 6.5-9m; int. H 0.25m at N to 1.55m at S; ext. H 1.25m at N to 2.1m at S) which has been quarried WNW-NNW and removed NE-E. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO041-028

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St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Roscommon GAA County Board (article credits GAA.ie content); individual photographer not stated, www.gaaroscommon.ie
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Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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