What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardlougher, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a north-facing drumlin slope as a circular grass area measured thirty-two metres east-west and thirty metres north-south. An earthen bank and scarp define the perimeter, while an outer fosse cuts through the east and southwest sections. No visible entrance breaks the continuous rim.

Towards the top of the N-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m; at S: Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7m) E-S-W, and by a scarp (H 0.5-0.75m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) E-SW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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