What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area towards the top of a gentle south-facing slope on a north-west to south-east ridge. A poached earthen bank with bushes defines the perimeter, while a 1.6-metre-wide entrance faces east. Two other raths stand approximately 65 metres to the west-south-west and 170 metres to the east.

Towards the top of the gentle S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 39.6m N-S; 35.5m E-W) defined by a poached earthen bank with bushes (Wth 3.5-4.2m; int. H 0.15-0.8m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m). There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at E. Raths (RO038-019----) and (RO038-022----) are c. 65m to the WSW and c. 170m to the E respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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