What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaskeagh ((roscommon By., Killavackan Ed),cloonylyon, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular grass-covered area measuring 35 metres north-south and 33 metres east-west on a gentle southeast-facing slope. A northwest-southeast road cuts through the centre, while slight traces of a reed-filled fosse remain visible on either side. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map already marked the enclosure and its roadway.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure overlain by a NW-SE roadway on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Described as an enclosure defined by a bank and fosse overlain by a NW-SE road (Gannon 1972). It is visible now as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by slight traces of a reed-filled fosse (Wth 2.3-4m; D 0.1-0.4m) on either side of the NW-SE road. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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