What is recorded here

Hilltop enclosure in Castleruby,tonroe is a hilltop enclosure in Castleruby,tonroe, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the east end of a northwest-southeast ridge and presents a circular grass-covered area roughly ninety-four metres across. A broad fosse defines the eastern and western edges, while a lower scarp marks the remaining perimeter. A field wall and townland boundary cut across the site, joining a north-south bank that extends toward the centre.

Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 82-3) and situated at the E end of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 94m NNE-SSW; 93.6m WNW-ESE) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 10m; Wth of base 3m; int. D 0.6m; ext. D 0.5m) E-ESE and (Wth of top 6.6m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.3m) W-WNW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) elsewhere. It is bisected by a WNW-ESE field wall and townland boundary with Castleruby to the S from which a NNE-SSW field bank (Wth 2.7m; H 0.9m) with slight silted drains runs N. The possible road (RO027-068----) may run over its S extent. Archaeological testing (03E0072) c. 100m to the SE (Read 2006i) and further testing (05E0345) c. 150m to the NW (Henry 2008f) failed to produce any related material. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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