What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonylyon, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1837 and 1915 Ordnance Survey maps mark the site as a circular embanked enclosure or small oval field on a gentle south-facing slope. The earthworks are no longer visible at ground level in the pasture.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1837 ed. and as a small oval field (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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