Ice House in Elphin, icehouse in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the E edge of a plateau where the ground slopes steeply down to the E. This is a spherical brick chamber (int. diam. 2.6m) with an entrance passage (int. dims 3.3m NNE-SSW; 1.15m WNW-ESE) to the NE. It is surrounded by the remains of its mound (diam. 15m; H 0.7-1m) and occupies the NE quadrant of rath (RO016-157001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-157002

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