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Earthwork in Dooneen (ballymoe By.)

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Earthwork in Dooneen (ballymoe By.) is an earthwork in Dooneen (ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as an oval hollow measuring about twenty by fifteen metres on a gentle east-facing slope. Local tradition identifies it as a fort removed around 1960, although the 1930 map still marked it as a circular enclosure.
Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), and situated on a gentle E-facing slope. This is an oval hollow (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 15m E-W; D 1m), known locally to have been a fort which was removed c. 1960. Earthwork (RO028-128----) is c. 40m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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