Enclosure in Mountain Lower, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Visible as an oval enclosure (dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 90-1), and situated on low-lying pasture c. 50m from the E shore of Lough O'Flynn at its S end. It is not visible at ground level in rush-covered pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO025-005

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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