What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Commeen (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown area on the south-southwest-facing slope of a drumlin. A scarp, outer fosse, and outer bank form the visible structure, but no entrance remains clear.
On the SSW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 25.5m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.55m at N to 1.4m at S) and outer fosse (Wth of base 4.3m at S to 6.8m at W; int. D 0.55m at N to 1.4m at S; ext. D 0.8m at W to 1.6m at N), with an outer bank (at S: Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m; at W: 5.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.7m) E-S-NW. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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