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Mound in Elphin

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Depicted as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a platform (diam. c. 32m) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972). The mound has been levelled in the restoration of the windmill (RO016-102002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-102001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • undefined, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.trip.com
  • PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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