Designed landscape in Lisnatea, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as an oval wood (dims c. 120m NW-SE; c. 90m NE-SW) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise in the floodplain of a NW-SE section of the River Suck which is c. 200m to the NE. Fragments of the perimeter survive as arcs of drystone wall (Wth 0.75m; H 1m) at NW (C 55mand) SE (C c. 95m) where it is incorporated into field boundaries.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO041-125

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Roscommon GAA County Board (article credits GAA.ie content); individual photographer not stated, www.gaaroscommon.ie
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St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie
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