What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilnakeava, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight east-west rise on a west-facing slope and presents a circular grass-covered area measuring 39.5 metres north-south and 37.8 metres east-west. An earth and stone bank 3.5 to 5 metres wide surrounds the interior, reaching 1 to 1.65 metres externally and 0.55 to 0.65 metres internally before thinning to a one-metre scarp northeast and east. A four-metre-wide opening appears at the southwest, while no visible fosse remains despite slight traces once noted at the south and west.

On a slight E-W rise on a W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39.5m N-S; 37.8m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.55-0.65m; ext. H 1-1.65m) with some bushes, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) NE-E. There is no visible fosse, although slight traces were once evident at S and W (Gannon 1972). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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