Enclosure in Ballinderry, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the W edge of a shallow basin (diam. c. 1km). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 40m ENE-WSW; 26.2m NNW-SSE) defined by gapped earthen banks (Wth 1.7-3.2m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-1m) at S, W and N with a curved bank at E. There is a slight outer fosse (Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.1-0.2m), but no recognisable original entrance. There is a house platform (RO035-106002-) (dims 12m E-W; 5.3m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) c. 25m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO035-106001

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