Discover Alone, back to main map

Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

On the crest of a slight E-W ridge c. 100m from the N shore of the Callow Lough or Upper Lough Gara. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) at W and by a scarp (H 1-1.4m) elsewhere. It is surrounded by a fosse (Wth of base 4.2-5.3m; D 0.2-0.75m), with an outer bank (Wth 3.1-3.3m; H 0.2-0.6m) NNW-NE and SE-SW. The outer bank and fosse are truncated by a N-S drain at E, and the fosse is occupied by an E-W farm track at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed