What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowngarry,scor More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the bottom of a south-facing slope on an east-west spur, with a stream marking the boundary to Scor More immediately south. A grass-covered circular area measures roughly twenty-four metres east-west and twenty-two metres north-south, defined by a scarp rising from seventy centimetres at the south to one metre five centimetres at the east. No visible fosse or entrance breaks the rim, while Rath lies about ninety metres to the south.
At the bottom of the S-facing slope of an E-W spur with a stream forming the townland boundary with Scor More immediately to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 24m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at S to 1.05m at E). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO016-049----) is c. 90m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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