What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gillstown, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered haggard on a gentle east-facing slope. An overgrown earthen bank and a complete fosse define most of the perimeter, though quarrying and field boundaries have altered parts of the structure.

On a gentle E-facing slope. Subcircular or D-shaped grass-covered area used as a haggard (dims 65.2m NE-SW; 58m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.4-4.6m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) E-S-N, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) N-E and incorporated into a field boundary S-W, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 3.8-4.7m; Wth of base 2.4-2.8m; D 0.2-0.6m) which is re-cut as a drain S-W. The original entrance is not identified, while the perimeter at NW and parts of the interior have been quarried. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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