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Sheeaun Hill

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Sheeaun Hill is an earthwork in Cuilleen (moycarn By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appeared on the 1924-5 Ordnance Survey map as a circular feature roughly 60 metres across, sitting on level ground near a small east-west stream. Local description identifies it as a low gravel hill that was quarried away during the 1960s, leaving no visible trace in the pasture today.
Marked only on the 1924-5 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 60m) named Sheeaun Hill, and situated on a level landscape close to the headwaters of a small E-W stream, with higher undulating ground to the S. Described locally as a low gravel hill which was quarried away in the 1960s. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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