What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bredagh (athlone South By., Rockhill Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map marked it as a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 45 metres on the crest of a northeast-facing slope. It remains hidden from ground-level view inside pasture.
Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m), and situated on the crest of the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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