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Enclosure in Drumsna

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Situated in reclaimed pasture on the flood-plain of a NW-SE section of the River Shannon, with the river c. 50m to the SW. It is depicted as a rectangular enclosure or field with a structure in the centre on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular field on the 1945 revision. This is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims 24m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a fosse at SW (Wth 7m) and NW (Wth 4m), with the remains of a field bank at SE and a scarp at NE. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Situated in reclaimed pasture on the flood-plain of a NW-SE section of the River Shannon, with the river c. 50m to the SW. It is depicted as a rectangular enclosure or field with a structure in the centre on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular field on the 1945 revision. This is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims 24m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a fosse at SW (Wth 7m) and…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE031-100

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  • Pauline Leverett, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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