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Enclosure in Usna

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Enclosure in Usna
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Enclosure in Usna is an enclosure in Usna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is an oval grass-covered area measuring about 48 metres northeast-southwest and 33 metres northwest-southeast, defined by a scarp reaching 1.4 metres high on the northeast and south sides. The site sits towards the bottom of an east-facing hill slope within a golf course, with no visible fosse or entrance. A rath lies 200 metres west and a wedge tomb 80 metres northeast.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a hill within a golf course. Oval grass-covered area (dims. c. 48m NE-SW; c. 33m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.4m) NE-S and as a scarp down to the interior (H 0.5m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO006-169----) is c. 200m to the W. Wedge tomb (RO006-171----) is c. 80m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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