What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kiltybranks, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a north-west to south-east ridge and contains a central entrance to a man-made underground passage. A grass-covered circular penitential cairn stands immediately east of that entrance, while an extended burial with the head at west was found inside the northern perimeter in 1962.

At the crest of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.4m N-S; 23.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.1m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.3m) incorporated into a field bank and hedge ESE-S-WNW, and a scarp (H 0.6-1.4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The entrance to Man-made underground passage (RO014-023002-) is at the centre, and a grass-covered circular penitential cairn (RO014-023003-) (diam. 12m E-W; 10.75m N-S; max. H 1.3m) with a trig. station on its summit is immediately E of its entrance. An extended burial (RO014-023004-) with the head at W was found inside the perimeter at N in 1962 (NMI file). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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