Enclosure in Drumamoodan, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims 35.5m E-W; 30m N-S) with the apex at N defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.5-3.1m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1m) with old field walls attached at SE and SW. There is no visible entrance. This is probably a relict field. Rath (RO017-036----) is c. 220m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-035

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