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Ring-ditch in Carrownabrickna

Ring-ditch

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Ring-ditch in Carrownabrickna is a ring-ditch in Carrownabrickna, County Roscommon, Ireland. Knox (1914b, 352) described it as a barrow without giving dimensions, and a circular feature about fifteen metres across appears on aerial photographs although it is not visible at ground level in pasture. The rectangular enclosure RO039-085001- stands immediately to the northeast, while barrows RO039-014001-, RO039-014002- and RO039-014003- plus rath RO039-015---- lie about one hundred metres to the east-southeast.
Towards the top of a S-facing slope. Described by Knox (1914b, 352) as a barrow, but no dimensions are given. A circular feature (diam. c. 15m) can be seen on aerial photographs (GSIAP M 144-5), but it is not visible at ground level in pasture. The rectangular enclosure (RO039-085001-) is immediately to the NE, and the barrows (RO039-014001-, RO039-014002-, RO039-014003-) and rath (RO039-015----) are c. 100m to the E-SE as described by Knox. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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