What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Turlagh (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area just off the crest of a northeast-facing slope on a west-east spur. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while a complete fosse separates that inner structure from an outer bank along the northwest and northeast edges. Modern entrances with causeways appear at the east-southeast and north-northwest, and a field wall marks the townland boundary with Barnacullen to the north.

Just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a W-E spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.8m NNW-SSE; 34.6m ENE-WSW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.8m; int H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) which is best preserved (Wth 7.4m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.35m) at W separated by a complete fosse (Wth 5-6.7m; ext. D 0.7-1m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.6m; ext. H 0.4m) NW-NE. There are modern entrances with causeways at ESE and NNW, and it is circumscribed by a field wall W-N-ESE, which forms the townland boundary with Barnacullen to the N. Rath (RO045-036----) is c. 95m to the NE and rath (RO045-040----) is c. 180m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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