What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roxborough, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as an oval embanked enclosure on the 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps, sits on a gentle south-facing slope, and still shows a circular grass-covered area defined by a band of lusher vegetation.

Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Described as an oval area defined by an earthen bank and fosse and traces of an outer bank (Gannon 1972). It is now a circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m E-W; 41m N-S) defined by a band of lusher vegetation. Rath (RO040-008----) is c. 65m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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