What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumnalassan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular earthworks sit on the crest of a low ridge and measure roughly thirty-eight metres across. Overgrown banks and narrow ditches mark the perimeter, though later field banks have removed much of the outer structure on the east and south sides.

On the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Circular area (diam. 38.4m N-S; 37.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.2m at E to 4.6-5m generally; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4m at E to 1.2-1.4m generally) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4m at E and W to 6m at N and S; ext. D 0.3-0.5m N-E to 1.2-1.4m S-W) from an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.8m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m). A second fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; Wth of base 2.4-2.9m; ext. D 0.4m) and a third overgrown bank (Wth 2-3m; ext. H 0.2-0.3m) survive WSW-NNE. There is no identifiable original entrance, although there are later entrances at N and S. A N-S field bank towards the perimeter at E incorporates the inner bank NE-SE, but has removed much of the outer features to the E, and an E-W field bank towards the perimeter at S similarly incorporates the inner bank SE-SW while removing the outermost bank SE-WSW (max. ext. diam. 62m N-S; 61m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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