What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooneen (blakeny), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a gentle SE-facing drumlin slope near Kilglass Lough. A subcircular grass area measures 62.4m east-west and 57.2m north-south. An overgrown earthen bank, 4.4 to 4.6m wide and up to 1.9m high on the west, defines the perimeter.

At the crest of a gentle SE-facing slope of a drumlin with shores of Kilglass Lough c. 200m to the SE, 300m to the NE and 400m to the NW. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 62.4m E-W; 57.2m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4-4.6m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.4m at E to 1.9m at W) which is incorporated into a field bank NE-SSW, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4-5.2m; Wth of base 2.4-3m; D 0.5m generally to 1.7m at W) which has been removed outside the field bank NE-SSW. There is a modernised entrance (Wth 3m) at ENE, and a pond (dims 5m x 5m) has been dug in the interior just SW of the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.