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The National Monuments Service's description

At the bottom of a S-facing slope and c. 45m SE of rath (RO011-160001-). Revealed in excavation (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 43-6; Lennon 2002, 291). A U-shaped mound of broken and burnt stones (dims 3m E-W; 2.5m N-S; max. T 0.12m) had a hearth and trough (diam. 1m; D 0.4m) on the SW side, and a second trough (dims 1.5m x 1m; D 0.33m) was 1.8m NE of the mound. C14 dates produced a range of 240-410 AD. Prehistoric habitation (RO011-160003-) is just to the N, burnt spread (RO011-160005-) is c. 60m to the SE, and burnt spread (RO011-160006-) is c. 70m to t he E.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Lennon, A. M. and Henry, M 2002 Cloongownagh. Enclosure. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 290-1, No. 849. Bray, Wordwell

Lennon, A.M. and Henry, M. 2001 Archaeological report on the excavation at Cloongownagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon. Mary Henry Archaeological Services. Unpublished report, National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin. Licence no. 99E0193.

Henry, M. 2000c Cloongownagh enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 268, No. 765. Bray. Wordwell.