What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grallagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a level landscape as a circular grass-covered area measuring 38.8 metres east-west and 35.8 metres north-south. An overgrown earthen bank, 3.8 to 6 metres wide, defines the boundary, while an outer fosse appears to the north-east. The entrance, 3.2 metres wide, faces east-south-east.
On a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.8m E-W; 35.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8-6m; int. H 0.9-1.1m; ext. H 0.8m at S to 2.4m at N), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.8m; D 0.6m) N-ENE. The entrance (Wth 3.2m) is at ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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