What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonfree, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope where an overgrown earthen bank surrounds a circular area now used as an orchard or haggard. A field drain cuts across the site from southeast to northwest, while a modern entrance opens at the northwest edge.

On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 61.7m E-W; 58.6m N-S) used as an orchard/haggard and defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H. 0.2m at W to 1.1m at N; ext. H 0.7m at S to 1.1m at N). There is no visible fosse, but there is a field drain (Wth of top 2-3m; D 0.9-1.2m) SE-S-NW. There is a modern entrance (Wth 6m) at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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