Embanked, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a low knoll in a flat, low-lying landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area with trees on the perimeter S-W-N (dims 22m N-S; 19m E-W), which has an uneven interior defined by a scarp (H 1.1-1.3m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Ringfort (RO007-077----) is c. 140m to the NNE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO007-078

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