What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is no longer visible because it lies hidden within reclaimed pasture.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (diam. c. 25m) NE-E-SW on the 1914 ed. Situated towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope. Described as a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank and a water-filled fosse which only survived E-S (Gannon 1972). It is not visible now in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO036-021----) is c. 180m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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