What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballymullavill, County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval site sits on a prominence overlooking lower ground to the south. Grass covers most of the stone wall, though some facing stones remain visible. A wide entrance opens at the east-northeast, while field walls now cross the west and north-northeast perimeter.
On a prominence overlooking lower ground to the S. Oval scrub-covered area (int. dims 35m NNW-SSE; 24m ENE-WSW) defined by the grass-covered remains of a stone wall with some facing-stones visible (original Wth 1.6-1.8m). There is an entrance (Wth 3.8m) at ENE, and the perimeter is overlain by field walls W-NNE. It was landscaped in 2004.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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