Embanked enclosure in Derrane (RO036-036----)

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 48.6m E-W; 37.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-6.3m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.4-1.4m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.55m) NW-ENE. There is an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 4.8-6.6m; Wth of base 1.7-2m; D 0.2-0.5m) which is visible S-N-ENE, and a slight outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.1-0.25m) which survives WNW-NNW (max. ext. diam. 52.6m N-S). There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO036-077----) is c. 200m to the SSE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO036-036

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