Enclosure in Cloonslanor, County Roscommon

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small hachured feature. Located at the crest of the N end of a low NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 15.5m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank with some stones (Wth of top 2.8m; Wth of base 4.3-5.3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.3-0.9m), which has been removed SW-NW. It may be a ring-barrow, and it has been removed since 1996 (Bing c. 2013).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-015

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Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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