What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annaghbeg (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a 38m circular area on a small drumlin above the River Shannon and Lough Naseer. A scarp rises 0.9 to 1.55m around the edge, while a shallow outer fosse appears at the northwest. A field wall bisects the interior, dividing grass-covered southwest ground from overgrown northeast ground.

On top of a small drumlin overlooking the River Shannon c. 400m to the SE and Lough Naseer (max. dims c. 850m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE) c. 140m to the NW. Circular area (diam. 38m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m at W to 1.55m at E), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m) at NW. There is no visble entrance, but the interior is bisected by a NW-SE field wall and it is grass-covered SW of this and overgrown to the NE. Rath (RO007-060----) is c. 130m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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