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Enclosure in Garrynphort (athlone North By.)

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Enclosure in Garrynphort (athlone North By.) is an enclosure in Garrynphort (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits in low-lying pasture near the former west shore of Lough Croan, a turlough in an area still liable to occasional flood. The circular structure measures about twenty metres across and is defined by a fosse two to three metres wide. A crannog lies one hundred and ten metres to the southeast.
In low-lying pasture near the former W-shore of Lough Croan (a turlough) in an area still liable to occasional flood. Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (16-3-2011) as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse (est. Wth c. 2-3m). A crannog (RO044-094----) lies c. 110m to the SE. See attached image: RO044-131_01 Google Earth aerial image (16-3-2011) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 2February 2023

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