What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doonard More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits just off the crest of a gentle SW-facing slope and contains a circular grass-covered area measured 36m east-west and 33.1m north-south. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while a separate outer bank and entrance appear at the southeast edge.

Just off the crest of a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 33.1m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.1-5.6m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.4-2.1m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.6m at S to 9.2m at E; Wth of base 3.1-4.2m; D 1m at S to 1.8m at E) from an outer bank (at S: Wth 2.4m; ext. H 0.7m; at E: Wth 5.5m; ext. H 0.8m). There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 3m) and outer (Wth 5m) banks with a causeway (Wth 4m) at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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