What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismaha, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on a gentle south-west-facing slope of a west-northwest to east-southeast ridge, with a circular grass-covered area defined by an earthen bank and an outer fosse to the south-southwest. A south entrance provides access, while a north-south field bank slightly truncates the western perimeter. The feature appears as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey six-inch map.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.5m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3-6m; int. H 0.15-0.25m; ext. H 0.25-0.8m), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.1m) S-SW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.5m) at S, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a N-S field bank at W. The rath (RO044-007----) is c. 190m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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