What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Frenchpark Demesne, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map and occupies the northeast-facing slope of a slight rise. A grass-covered circle measures thirty-three metres across, bounded by a low scarp and faint traces of a ditch at the southwest. A field wall crosses the interior toward the western edge, while a man-made underground passage lies eighty metres to the southeast.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the NE-facing slope of a slight rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.8m), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 4m; D 0.2m) at SW. The interior is overlain by a NE-SW field wall towards the perimeter at W. Man-made underground passage (RO015-007----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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