What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass and fern-covered area measured 26m north-south and 24m east-west, defined by a low gapped earthen bank partly overlain by a field wall. No visible fosse or original entrance remained, and the structure was removed by about 2015.

Towards the bottom of a gentle SW-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass and fern-covered area (diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a low and gapped grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 0.9-1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m), which is overlain by a field wall SE-SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. It was removed by c. 2015 (digitalglobe image). The church (RO026-016001-) is c. 200m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 15 May 2018

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