What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumanilra OR Mounteagle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on the lower SW-facing slope of a drumlin. An earthen bank and scarp define the perimeter, while Rath sits about 180m to the NE.
On the lower SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.5m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9-4.2m; int. H 0.2-0.45m; ext. H 0.45-0.9m) N-ENE, and a scarp (H 0.6-0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO007-007----) is c. 180m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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