Enclosure in Flaskagh More, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Reported by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere (8-7-2022). In level, mixed rough grazing and improved pasture. Visible on GoogleEarth aerial imagery dated 18-3-2015 as the cropmark of a circular enclosure (est. diam c. 50m), located between an earthwork (RO022-059----) c. 85m to SW and a rath (RO022-058----) c. 100m to WNW. See attachment: RO022-172---- _01 Snip of GoogleEarth aerial image (18-3-2015) supplied by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-172

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