What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits below the col between Greywood Hill and Mullaghcreigha on an east-facing slope. The D-shaped site contains an overgrown earthen bank, outer bank, fosses and a possible west-southwest causeway entrance. The interior also holds an underground passage and two quernstone fragments, one now in NMI and the other lost.

Just below the summit of the col between Greywood Hill c. 700m to the NNW and Mullaghcreigha c. 1km to the SSE, on the E-facing slope. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.6-5.8m; int. H 0.4-1.1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) SW-NE separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.9-8.1m; Wth of base 3.6-4m; D 1-1.2m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 6.2-7.8m; ext. H 0.5m) and external fosse (Wth of base 2.1-2.6m; D 0.3-0.5m) which survive NW-E-SE (max. ext. diam. c. 80m). There is no visible entrance although a possible entrance with a causeway has been noted at WSW (Gannon 1972), and the interior has been damaged by quarrying. Man-made underground passage (RO023-077002-) is in the NW quadrant of the interior. Two fragments of quernstones (RO023-077003-; RO023-077004-) were found at the site, one of which is now in NMI but the other is now lost. Rath (RO023-070001-) is c. 220m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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