Overview
Embanked enclosure — Raheen is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Roscommon. At the E end of an E-W ridge just NW of rath (RO022-018002-). 22.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at W to 1.6m at S) which merges into the ground NE-SE.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: At the E end of an E-W ridge just NW of rath (RO022-018002-).
How it was made and used
The saved account records: There is no visible fosse or entrance, but a bank (Wth 1.5m
What was found
The saved account records: 22.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at W to 1.6m at S) which merges into the ground NE-SE.
What remains
The saved account records: H 0.6m) was recorded on the perimeter in 1982 (SMR file).
Why it mattered
Embanked enclosure — Raheen matters because the source ties fairy fort / earthen ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: It remained unplanted in a coniferous forest in the 1990s, and is now in pasture but it was partly damaged at W when the forest was harvested.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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