What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathpeak, County Roscommon, Ireland. John O'Donovan recorded the name Rath na Sluagh, meaning the rath of the crowds, for this monument in the 1830s. The circular grass and scrub-covered area sits on a slight knoll and contains an overgrown earthen bank, a separating fosse, an outer bank, and traces of internal and external facing-stones.

The name Rath na Sluagh - the rath of the crowds - was recorded by John O'Donovan in the 1830s for this monument (Herity 2010, 15). It is situated on a slight knoll. It is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 45m E-W; 42.5m N-S) sloping down to the SE defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 1.3-1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) NNE-SSE. This is separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.7-6.3m; Wth of base 2.2-3.2m; D 0.4-0.9m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 4-4.5m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). There are traces of internal and external facing-stones on both banks. The entrance through the inner (Wth 4m) and outer (Wth 5m) banks and a causeway (Wth 8m) are at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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