What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a children's burial ground in Cloonfad (moycarn By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on the south-facing crest of a broad northwest-to-southeast esker, where local tradition identifies the rath as a place for burying children.
At the S-facing crest of a broad NW-SE esker. There is a local tradition of the use of rath (RO056-012001-) as a children's burial ground.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Embanked enclosure; likely early medieval in date. Its significance is primarily local, with oral tradition linking it to a nearby rath used as a children's burial ground.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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