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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeenrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular area thirty-three metres across just off the crest of a north-east-facing slope. An earth and stone bank defined the perimeter, but most of that bank has been removed. A section still survives beneath a field wall on the north-east side, while two other raths stand nearby to the west and south-west.
Just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge. Described as a circular area (diam. 33m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank which is incorporated into a field bank W-N-E (Gannon 1972). Part of the bank (at NE: Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) survives beneath a field wall N-E, but the rest has been removed. Rath (RO042-071002-) is immediately to the SW, and rath (RO042-070----) is c. 100m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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