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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a south-facing slope on a north-west to south-east ridge. A subcircular grass and rush-covered area measures 26 metres east-west and 21.6 metres north-south. An earthen bank surrounds the space, though its eastern and southern sections have been removed.
At the crest of the S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 26m E-W; 21.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-6m; int. H 0.25-0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1.25m) which has been removed E-S, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.2-5.8m; Wth of base 1.3m; D 0.3-0.4m) WSW-NW. The entrance (Wth 1.3m) is at NE, and there is a quarry on the perimeter E-SE. Raths (RO038-021----) and (RO038-018----) are c. 65m to the ENE and c. 150m to the NW respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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