What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowgarve (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on the crest towards the SE end of a SE-NW spur. A slight overgrown earthen bank and fosse define most of the perimeter, while the eastern edge merges into a field bank with an outer drain. No visible entrance remains.

On the crest towards the SE end of a SE-NW spur. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 48.3m N-S; 44.1m E-W) defined by a slight overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.2m) SSE-WNW and a fosse (at N: Wth of top 6.1m; Wth of base 3.3m; int. D 0.9m; ext. D 0.2m) WNW-NE. The perimeter at E is incorporated into a field bank with an outer drain, and the monument is overlain by a N-S field bank towards the perimeter at E. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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