What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissadorn, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 32.5m north-south and sits on a gentle west-southwest-facing slope overlooking a north-south stream about 20m to the west. An overgrown earthen bank 3.5m wide with internal facing stones at the south defines the west-northwest to north to south section, while a scarp 0.8 to 1.2m high marks the remainder. No visible fosse or entrance exists.

On a gentle WSW-facing slope overlooking a N-S stream c. 20m to the W. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 32.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.5-1.25m) WNW-N-S with internal facing stones at S, and by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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