What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilgarve (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass and reed-covered area on a gentle south-facing slope. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while a complete fosse separates it from an outer bank that survives along the southwest and southeast. No original entrance remains visible.

On a gentle S-facing slope. Oval grass and reed-covered area (dims 27.8m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-1.1m) SE-SW, separated by a complete fosse (Wth of base 2-2.6m; D 0.3-0.6m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.5-2m; ext. H 0.2m), which survives SW-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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