Earthwork in Tullyval, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 35m) with trees on its perimeter on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured feautre, perhaps a quarry on the 1914 ed. It is situated on a flat low-lying landscape and is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Enclsoure (RO003-061----) is c. 50m to the ESE and rath (RO003-062001-) is c. 160m to the SSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO003-060

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com

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