What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownderry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as an oval embanked enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map, lying mostly west of the Roscommon-Athlone road on a slight west-southwest-facing slope. A D-shaped grass-covered area defined by a half-metre scarp survives southwest of the road, while the eastern part is truncated by the carriageway. Rath lies about 190 metres to the northeast.

Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 45m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is overlain by the NNW-SSE Roscommon-Athlone road (N 61) but lying mostly W of it. Situated on a slight WSW-facing slope. A D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 30.5m NW-SE; 10.25m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.55m) S-NW survives. It is truncated by the road at E and only survives SW of this. Rath (RO045-154----) is c. 190m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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