Enclosure in Drumalagagh, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a SW-facing slope. There is a rectangular grass-covered platform (dims c. 22m N-S; 18.5m E-W) defined by slight scarps attached to the E of the church (RO056-004001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO056-004009

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