What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinderry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on a gentle north-facing slope, bounded by an earthen bank and rounded fosse. A narrow entrance and causeway cut the northeast boundary, while another rath sits about sixty metres to the north-northwest.

On a gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46.5m E-W; 41m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.6-7.3m; int. H 0.45m at E to 1-1.2m generally; ext. H 2.2-3.2m) and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7-8.2m; Wth of base 1.7-2.6m; D 1.1-1.4m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.3m) and causeway (Wth 1.1m; H 1.1m) at NE (max. ext. dims 62m E-W; 55.8m N-S). Rath (RO035-011----) is c. 60m to the NNW. See the attached aerial images taken from the SW (001) and NW (002). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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