What is recorded here
Towards the top of the E-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Lough Allen, c. 1km to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m NW-SE) with some scrub defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.7-1m) at SW and NE, and by a scarp (H 0.75-0.9m) elsewhere. There is a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.7m; D 1m) W-N, and the site is enclosed by field banks. There is no visible entrance.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-017
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Photo credits
- RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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