What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyvannan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a knoll on the eastern slope of Feamore Hill, where a broad earthen bank and hedge surround a circular scrub-covered area. A shallow silted ditch remains visible at the northeast edge, but no original entrance is clear.
On a knoll towards the bottom of an E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. Raised circular scrub-covered area (diam. 33.9m WNW-ESE; 33.1m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H. 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.7-1.8m), with a silted fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) visible at NE. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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