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Enclosure in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed) is an enclosure in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The rectangular annexe attaches to the south of a rath and measures 25.6m east-west by 23m north-south at its west end. Its eastern boundary holds a shallow fosse, while the western side combines an earthen bank with a deeper outer ditch. A stone-lined causeway and entrance break the southern and western perimeters, linking the structure to the surrounding demesne.

Attached to the S of rath (RO006-041001-) is a rectangular enclosure or annexe (dims 25.6m ENE-WSW; 23m NNE-SSW at W) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.4m; int. D 0.6m; ext. D 0.3m) at E (L 10-14m) and an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.4m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.4m) at W. The E end of the perimeter at S does not survive, but there is a stone-lined causeway (Wth 3.8m) towards its W end, and there is an entrnace (Wth 2.8m) and causeway (Wth 3.8m) towards the S end of the perimeter at W. Raths (RO006-042----; RO006-044----) are c. 200m to the SW and SE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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