Knockanstanly, earthwork in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 30m) E-S-W on the 1927. ed. Situated at the S end of a low N-S ridge on the summit of Rathcroghan plateau. Described as a rectangular enclosure of c. 1 ha. (c. 2.5 acres) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m) with an inner ditch or fosse (Wth c. 1.8m; D c. 0.75m) and an outer fosse (Wth c. 3.5m; D c. 0.8m) at N that had an entrance through it. At S there was a double bank (Knox 1914a, 16). This is probably a description of fields which are still extant, but the mapped feature is not now visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-056015

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