Earthwork in Dooneen, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval feature (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a field boundary or scarp. Situated on an E-facing slope at the S edge of a wood. It is not visible at ground level in a mature coniferous forest. Rath (RO017-208001-) is c. 120m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-134

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