What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnacullen, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1837 and 1915 Ordnance Survey maps and sits at the crest of a slight northeast-facing slope. A grass-covered area about thirty-seven metres across remains visible through a shallow scarp, while another rath lies one hundred metres to the southeast.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a slight NE-facing slope. There are slight traces of a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 37m NNW-SSE; c. 35m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). Rath (RO045-023----) is c. 100m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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