What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a barrow, ring-barrow in Cartron (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The site occupies a low rise in an undulating landscape and holds a circular grass-covered area three metres across. An earthen bank surrounds that centre, while a wider berm and steep scarp extend the base to twenty-six metres. Another rath stands about one hundred and twenty metres to the northwest.

On a low rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.35m at N to 0.7m at S; ext. H 0.35-0.7m) surrounded by a berm (Wth 4-4.6m) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) (ext. diam. of top 16m N-S; max. ext. diam. of base 26.3m N-S). Rath (RO016-026----) is c. 120m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Embanked enclosure, likely Bronze Age in date. Its significance lies in its rarity and the insight it provides into early territorial or ritual landscape features.

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