What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ishlaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the north end of a low ridge crest and presents a subcircular grass-covered area bounded by an overgrown earthen bank. The eastern bank is truncated by a field bank, while the western and northern sections reduce to a scarp. No visible fosse or entrance remains, and archaeological testing nearby failed to produce related material.

At the N end of the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 36.2m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5.5m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.4-1.5m), which has been truncated at E (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) by a N-S field bank outside it and reduced to a scarp (H c. 0.8m) W-N. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Archaeological testing (05E0122) c. 50m to the W failed to produce any related material (Read, C. 2008g). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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