What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lavally, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of an east-facing slope as a circular grass and scrub-covered area measuring roughly thirty metres across. An overgrown earthen bank and outer fosse define the perimeter, while the fosse extends into ponds at the southwest and northwest. Two other raths stand within three hundred metres to the north and southwest.

At the crest of an E-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 29.8m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4-7.7m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 1.3m at S to 2.2m at W) and outer fosse (Wth of top 5.6-6m; Wth of base 1.8-2.6m; D 0.5-0.9m) which has been extended into ponds at SW (dims 16m x 6m) and NW (dims 12m x 6m). The modernised entrance (Wth 3m) and causeway (Wth 6m) are at SSE. Rath (RO023-173----) is c. 210m to the N and rath (RO023-175----) is c. 90m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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