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Hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore is a hillfort in Carrowgarve (castlereagh By.),castleteheen,mewlaghmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area sits at the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill, measuring roughly 200m east-west and 150m north-south. An earthen bank and low scarp define its perimeter, while a bowl barrow and two ring-barrow sites occupy positions inside or along that line. A public road cuts through the enclosure west of the bowl barrow, and field banks overlay the ground to the northeast and southwest.
At the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 200m E-W; c. 150m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth c. 6m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-NW and a low scarp (H 0.2m) NW-E. Bowl barrow (RO027-014002-) is inside the perimeter at NW, ring-barrow (RO027-014003-) is on the line of the perimeter at SSE, and ring-barrow (RO027-014004-) is inside the line of the perimeter at SE. The road (RO027-014005-) approaches the perimeter externally at SE. The enclosure is cut by a NE-SW public road W of the bowl barrow, and overlain by NW-SE field banks to NE and SW of this barrow. Rathra ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-) is c. 600m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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