Enclosure in Lisfarrellboy, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 11.5m NNE-SSW; 7.5m WNW-ESE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.1m at N to 0.7m at SE) WNW-N-SE, and a scarp (max. H 0.7m) elsewhere. It may be a hut-site. Rath (RO007-025001-) is c. 70m to the W, rath (RO007-025002-) is c. 70m to the SW, rath (RO007-027----) is c. 120m to the E, and rath (RO007-028----) is c. 70m to the SE, while the unclassified megalithic structure (RO007-024----) is c. 140m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO007-026

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