Enclosure in Tullyval, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on flat ground on the SE-facing slope of a rise, with a NE-SW stream c. 60m to the SE. Circular overgrown area (diam. 11m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.35m) with traces of inner and outer facing stones NW-N and at SE, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m to 1.1m at E) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Earthwork (RO003-060----) is c. 50m to the WNW and rath (RO003-062001-) is c. 170m to the SW. It was removed by 2005 (OSI aerial photographs).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO003-061

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