Enclosure in Dundonnell, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Situated in a low-lying landscape. The N end (dims c. 70m NNW-SSE; c. 50m NE-SW) of the low NNW-SSE ridge on which the ringwork castle (RO051-047002-) is located at the S end has a ditch around its base as revealed by LiDAR images, which could be interpreted as a bailey (Curley et al. 26-7) or could be a drainage channel.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO051-047003

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