Road in Grallagh, County Roscommon (RO022-056011-)

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. A area of c. 14 ha contains field banks (RO022-056010-) largely reduced to low scarps forming small rectangular fields with a roadway (Wth 7m; L c. 300m) defined by low banks on either side running N through it. Towards the N end of its surviving length it encounters another E-W road (RO022-056058-) that survives in discontinuous sections (L c. 600m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-056011

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