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Enclosure in Knockadangan

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In pasture. Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (16-3-2011) as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 40m) defined by a low scarp. Also visible outside the enclosure at NW and ENE are the cropmarks of two possible, concentric fosses enclosing the site A ringfort (RO041-056----) lies c. 75m to the SW. See attached image: RO041-139----_01 Google Earth aerial image, 16-3-2011.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO041-139

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  • RosCamán, Roscommon official hurling development committee; individual aerial photographer not stated, roscaman.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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