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Earthwork in Newtown, County Roscommon (RO029-023----)

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RO029-023----
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What is recorded here

Marked as an irregularly-shaped enclosure (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) which may be a quarry on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval wooded enclosure (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1915 ed. Situated at the crest of the S edge of a low WNW-ESE ridge, no feature is visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-023

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Photo credits
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
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