What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kiltybranks, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a shelf on the northwest-facing slope of a northwest-southeast ridge. The original circular grass-covered area measured 34.3 metres north-south and contained an earthen bank 3.4 to 4 metres wide. Quarrying removed much of the perimeter, leaving only fragments of the bank and a possible outer arc at the northwest.

On a shelf on the NW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Originally a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) which only survives N-E and as an arc (L 5m) at S. The perimeter has been quarried back elsewhere (dim. 26.4m E-W) and there is no visible fosse or entrance, but an arc of bank (L 9m; Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) outside the perimeter at NW may be an original outer bank. There is no evidence of the 'cave' marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map inside the perimeter at W, which may be a Man-made underground passage (RO013-005002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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