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Walled garden in Longfield

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At the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope and at the N edge of a broad basin. This is a rectangular area (dims 74m N-S; 58m E-W) defined by slightly battered walls (T 0.6-0.7m; H up to 2.5m). There is a lodge (ext. dims 6.85m E-W; 5m N-S) with a round-headed doorway (Wth 0.9m; H 2.2m) in the centre of the N wall and a round-headed gateway (Wth 1.85m; H 2.4m) at the SE angle. Both the lodge and the gateway may be secondary features. The fortified house (RO045-069001-) is c. 30m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO045-069002

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  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Brian Lawless / Sportsfile, as credited in the Ulster GAA caption, ulster.gaa.ie
  • Roscommon GAA County Board (article credits GAA.ie content); individual photographer not stated, www.gaaroscommon.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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