What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowngarry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a SSW-facing slope of an E-W spur and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 35.5m E-W and 33.5m N-S. An earthen bank with scrub surrounds the interior, while an outer fosse cuts through the WNW-E and SW sections. A 6m-wide entrance opens at ESE, field banks radiate from the WNW and N perimeter, and Rath RO016-043 sits 40m to the SE.

On a SSW-facing slope of an E-W spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some scrub (Wth 3.4-4.1m; int. H 0.25-0.55m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.75m at NW), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.2-3m; D 0.1-0.35m) WNW-E and at SW. The entrance (Wth 6m) is at ESE, and field banks radiate from the perimeter at WNW and N. Rath (RO016-043----) is c. 40m to the SE. See the attached aerial image taken from the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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