What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Foxhill, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown area thirty-two metres wide towards the top of a southwest-facing drumlin slope. An earthen bank, outer fosse and second outer bank surround the centre, although the eastern section joins a field bank and the southern section reduces to a scarp. Another rath lies one hundred and ninety metres to the north-northeast.

Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4m generally to 1.2m at N) W-N-E, which is incorporated into a field bank at E but reduced to a scarp (H 0.4-1.1m) SE-SW, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.8-5.15m; D 0.1m generally to 1.35m at N) SE-W-N and an outer bank (Wth 2-5m; H 0.2-0.8m) at SE and SW-NW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO007-029----) is c. 190m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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