What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 20m east-west and 18m north-south, defined by a slight scarp 0.1 to 0.4m high. A north-west to south-east road wall truncates the enclosure slightly at the north-east. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map marked it as an oval embanked enclosure on a gentle east-facing slope in a low-lying landscape.

Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 20m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.4m) which is truncated slightly by a NW-SE road wall at NE. It is probably a rath Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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