What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a NE-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area about 35m across, bounded by a low rise or scarp 0.2m high. Three other raths stand nearby at distances of 140m WSW, 65m SW and 200m SSE.
On a NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a low rise or scarp (H 0.2m). Raths (RO045-015----; RO045-016----; RO045-018----) are c. 140m to the WSW, 65m to the SW and 200m to the SSE respectively.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 249 yd
EnclosureEnclosure, large enclosure · 687 yd
CastleCastle, tower house · 1.1 mi
Scregg Housecountry house · 1.2 mi
Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.5 mi
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
InchmoreIslet · 2.3 mi
InchihicleleyIslet · 2.7 mi
Hangman's HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
TogherfinnForest · 3.3 mi