What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinvilla, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a south-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring thirty-four and a half metres east-west and thirty-two and a half metres north-south. A gapped earthen bank defines the perimeter, reaching its greatest width and height at the north while a narrow entrance opens at the northeast. Another rath lies fifty metres to the east.

At the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.5m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (at SW: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.25m) which is best preserved at N (Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.35m). There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth c. 1.5m) is at NE. Rath (RO010-068----) is c. 50m to the E. See the attached aerial view taken from the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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