Mound in Ross Beg, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is situated in rough pasture and meadow grass on a level landscape. This is a slightly raised, grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. c. 16m N-S; c. 15m E-W; H 0.2m), with no distinguishing features. It may be natural.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-164

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