What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cammoge, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a broad east-west ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring 28.1 metres north-south and 26.2 metres east-west. An earthen bank 2 to 4 metres wide and 0.7 to 1 metre high on the outside defines the perimeter, while a 2.7-metre entrance opens at the southwest. No visible fosse appears around the structure.
On a broad E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.1m N-S; 26.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1m). There is no visible fosse, and the entrance (Wth 2.7m) is at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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