Structure in Drumlosh, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

A single alder stake (L 0.23m; diam. 0.04m) in the peat at an angle of 45°. An accompanying piece of brushwood (diam. 0.03m) lay on the surface of the peat. Both had chisel points.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO055-055

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Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Clann na nGael GAA Club (publisher); aerial photographer not named, clanngaa.ie
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Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Javier Mediavilla Ezquibela, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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