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Enclosure CV001-016---- in Roo

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What is recorded here

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. This site has been largely levelled. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 24m NE-SW) formerly enclosed by a stone wall of which the outline only is now discernible. Original entrance not recognisable. Overgrown with scrub.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV001-016

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Official monument number
CV001-016----
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/9d/3a/d226702f3e0deddf6dc6f5d8e3e2.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0006003.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-03): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/avsn99bm CC-BY-4.0, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons; photograph by Thomas H. Mason, Wikimedia Commons · No known copyright restrictions
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre (publisher); individual photographer not stated, discoverdromahairpark.ie
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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