What is recorded here
On a N-S drumlin ridge overlooking Lough Allen, c. 1km to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-6.3m; int. H 0.1m generally to 0.5m at S; ext. H 0.6m generally to 1.3-1.6m E-S) E-SW and NW-NNE, and a scarp (at W: H 0.5m) elsewhere. There is a fosse (Wth of top 5-5.4m; D 0.1-0.5m) NW-SW which is truncated by a N-S field bank at W and re-cut as a drain SE-SW. The ramp entrance (Wth 4.5m) is at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-016
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- RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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