Linear earthwork in Moneylea, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a level landscape. Aerial photographs (CUCCAP: AJN 100; UCG 167) show a stretch of ground (L c. 100m; Wth c. 10m) running E-W defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 5-8m; H 1-2m) at N and S. It is no longer visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Barrow (RO021-042002-) and Man-made underground passage (RO021-042003-) are c. 140m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO021-042005

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