What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyroddy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low rise on a gentle south-facing slope and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 27.5 metres east-west and 26 metres north-south. A broad earthen bank surrounds the interior, reaches a maximum external height of two metres, and breaks at the east-northeast to form a three-metre entrance. Field walls now circumscribe the perimeter from the northwest to the east.
On a low rise on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27.5m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m at E to 6.4-7.5m generally; int. H 0.4-0.75m; ext. H 0.3m at E to 1.3-2m generally). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at ENE, and field walls circumscribe the perimeter NW-E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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