Embanked enclosure in Cloonshee (RO017-181----)

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What is recorded here

At the crest of the gentle E-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge and c. 130m from the N shore of Lough O' Donra (dims c. 800m E-W; c. 100-200m N-S). Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m; at W; Wth 4.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) with internal and external facing stones and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.8-3.7m; Wth of base 1-1.2m; D 0.3m at E to 1m at S). The entrance (Wth 2m) and denuded causeway (Wth 3m) are at E. A small drystone-built animal pen (dims 10m E-W; 4m N-S) abuts the outside of the perimeter at E, and field walls radiate from the perimeter at SE, SW and WSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-181

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