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Moated site in Castlenode

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At the bottom of a NE-facing slope and at the edge of the flood-plain of the S-N Scramoge river, c. 100m to the NE. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 34m NW-SE; 29.6m NE-SW) defined by moats (Wth of top 4.7-7.5m; Wth of base 2.2-4m; int. D 0.2-0.7m; ext. D 0.2-0.6m) on all sides, with an outer bank (Wth 4.7m; H 0.1-0.2m) at SW. The perimeter of the platform at SW is overlain by a NW-SE drystone wall and hedge (max. ext. dims 49.3m NW-SE; 41.5m NE-SW).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-148

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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