What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissadorn, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on a south-facing slope overlooking a west-east stream forty metres to the south. An overgrown earthen bank and scarp define the perimeter, while an outer fosse and a crossing field bank mark its boundaries.
On a shelf of a S-facing slope overlooking a W-E stream c. 40m to the S. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 28.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.35m) W-ENE, and by a scarp (H 0.7m at E to 1.65m at S) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) WSW-N-ENE. An E-W field bank and drain cross the interior towards the perimeter at S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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