What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismaha, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north-facing slope of a west-northwest to east-southeast ridge. A circular grass-covered area measures 47.5 metres east-west and retains an earthen bank and hedge on parts of its edge. The bank and hedge were removed along the east-southeast to south-west section, leaving no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
On a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 47.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 4.7-6.4m; int. H 0.15-0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.9m) which has been removed ESE-SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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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