What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonfinlough, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a west-facing slope where an inner earthen bank and flat-bottomed fosse separate the central area from an outer bank. The outer bank is missing from its north-east to south-east section, leaving a broken circular boundary around the overgrown interior.

On a W-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 40.6m E-W; 37.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4-6m; int. H 0.2m generally to 1m at E; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6-7.4m; Wth of base 3.3-4.6m; D 0.9m at W to 1.6m at S) from an outer bank (Wth 4-6.4m; ext. H 0.8-0.9m), which has been removed NNE-SE (max. ext. dims. 67m N-S; 63m E-W). A fragment of a WNW-ESE laneway runs through the interior S 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.