Moated site in Aughrim, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a level landscape at the S-facing foot of a drumlin with a W-E stream c. 100m to the S and Lough Nahincha c. 380m to the E. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 43.5m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m) at E, a flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 6.6m; Wth of base 5.5m; D 0.4-0.7m) at W, and a scarp (H 1m) and outer band of wet ground (Wth 6.5m) at S, but the perimeter is incorporated into an E-W field boundary and hedge at N. Church (RO017-084001-) is c. 200m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-085

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