Enclosure in Binmuck, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

In a hollow at the bottom of a W-facing slope. Subrectangular grass-covered area with lazy-beds (dims 32m NNE-SSW; 20.5m WNW-ESE) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, partially covered with spoil. It is a small field.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO045-113

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