What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular embanked enclosure appears on the 1837 and 1915 Ordnance Survey maps and sits on a shoulder of the ENE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. A rectangular grass-covered area measures 33.8m NE-SW and 31m NW-SE, bounded by an earthen bank with bushes and a flat-bottomed fosse at the W end of the SW side. Five entrances exist, any of which might be original, but the enclosure shows no signs of alteration into its present shape.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shoulder of the ENE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. Rectangular grass-covered, but poached area (int. dims 33.8m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.8-4.6m; int. H 0.9-1.2m; ext. H 0.85-1.55m), and a flat-bottomed fosse or moat (Wth of top 3.3m; Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.4m) at the W end of the SW side. There are five entrances, any of which might be original, but the enclosure does not show any signs of alteration into its present shape. Nevertheless, it is probably a rath and the rath (RO042-084----) is c. 150m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 September 2018

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