Moated site in Carnan, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. A raised subrectangular area (c. 33m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW) enclosed from NE-E-SE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.2m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m). A wide, deep, external fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m) has been partially infilled from NE-E-SE. There is a possible house (LF020-029002-) at the N angle of the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF020-029001

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