Embanked enclosure in Kilbryan, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.5-31m) planted with deciduous trees defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m at S to 8.2m at N; int. H 0.2m at S to 1.7m at N (upslope); ext. H 1.25m generally to 1.9m at W), and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.5m at S to 7m at N; Wth of base 2.6m at S; D 0.2-0.3m) N-NE and E-S. There is an outer bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m at E to 1.4m at S (downslope)) and the inner bank is possibly revetted internally and externally by upright stones, but there is no recognisable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-089

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