Enclosure in Shankoagh, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle NE-facing slope on the W side of the NW-SE River Suck which is c. 40m to the NE. D-shaped grass and rush-covered area (int. dims 13.4m NNE-SSW; 11m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7-1.9m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m) and rush-covered fosse (Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.2m) SSW-W-NNE. It is cut by a NNE-SSW field bank at E, and does not survive E of this feature. Children's burial ground (RO034-105----) is c. 210m to the SE, and earthwork (RO027-085----) is c. 120m to the E on the other side of the river.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO027-084

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