What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilnakeava, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight rise on a southwest-facing slope and contains a circular grass-covered area thirty-eight metres across. A wide earthen bank surrounds the interior, rising higher on the western and northern sides before thinning into a shallow scarp on the southeast and southwest. Lazy-beds remain visible inside the circle, although no entrance or ditch is clear.
On a slight rise on a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7-9.5m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 0.7m at E (upslope) to 1.5m at N and 2.2m at W) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) SE-SW. There is no visible fosse or entrance but there are lazy-beds in the interior.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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