Mound in Croghan, County Roscommon

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

On an E-W ridge. A D-shaped enclosure (RO010-120001-) may have had a mound on top (Knox 1911, 95-6), of which there is no visible evidence.

Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
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