What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilbegnet, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass and rush-covered area on the north-facing slope of a ridge, bounded by slight bank traces, an overgrown fosse, and a field bank. A two-metre-wide ramp entrance cuts through the southwest boundary, while Rath lies approximately 190 metres to the northeast.
On the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 34.6m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by slight traces of a bank (int. H 0.1-0.3m) N-NNE and SSE-SSW, and a rounded but overgrown fosse (Wth of top 5.7-7.8m; Wth of base 2-4.5m; int. D 0.8-1.5m; ext. D 0.6-1.05m) ESE-S-NW, which is circumscribed by a field bank SW-NW. The ramp entrance (Wth 2m) is at SW. Rath (RO038-030----) is c. 190m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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