
What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnamucklagh (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise in an undulating landscape and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 34m NE-SW. An earth and stone bank, 5.5-6m wide and 0.3-0.85m high, defines the perimeter, although the SW-N section has been removed. A 2.8m wide entrance opens at NNE, and no visible fosse remains.
On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H 0.3-0.55m; ext. H 0.85m), which has been removed SW-N. There is no visible fosse but there is an entrance (Wth 2.8m) at NNE.
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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