
What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknagawna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low knoll where a scrub-covered earthen bank and straight scarp define a circular area roughly thirty to thirty-two metres across. No visible fosse or entrance breaks the rim, while Cashel stands about ninety metres to the west.
On a low knoll. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2-0.55m; ext. H 1m) SW-W-NE, and a straight scarp (H 1.2-1.5m) E-S where some quarrying has occurred. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Cashel (RO017-056----) is c. 90m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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