What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonearagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval grass-covered area measures 35.7m E-W and 27m N-S on an E-facing slope. An overgrown, flat-topped earthen bank defines the enclosure, and a flat-bottomed fosse runs S-NW as a re-cut drain. A modern entrance and causeway appear at SW, but the original entrance cannot be identified.
On an E-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 35.7m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an overgrown, flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 4.4-5.4m; Wth of top 2-3.1m; int. H 0.3m at S to 1.2m at W) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) NE-SE, and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.8-6m; Wth of base 1-3m; D 0.4-1m) which is re-cut as a drain S-NW. There is a modern entrance (Wth 4m) and causeway (Wth 6m) at SW, but the original entrance cannot be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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