What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roxborough, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map as an oval embanked enclosure on a rise in a low-lying landscape. A subcircular grass-covered area measures 26.8 metres northwest-southeast and 22.5 metres northeast-southwest, bounded by a curving bank and straight scarps. No visible fosse or original entrance remains, while Rath lies about 150 metres east-southeast.

Marked as a oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.8m NW-SE; 22.5m NE-SW) defined by a curving bank (Wth 3-4.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.15-0.3m) W-N and E-S, and by straight scarps N-E (H 0.15m) and S-W (H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO039-020----) is c. 150m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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