What is recorded here
Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumamoodan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on top of a drumlin as a subcircular grass-covered platform measuring 27m east-west and 23.5m north-south. A scarp rises 0.25m at the north and 0.7m at the south, while slight traces of a fosse remain at the east. Another earthwork lies about 100m to the north-northeast.
On top of a drumlin. Described as a circular area (diam. 23m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by an earthen bank, with slight traces of a fosse at E (Gannon 1972). It is now visible as a subcircular grass-covered platform (dims 27m E-W; 23.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.25m at N to 0.7m at S). Earthwork (RO017-031----) is c. 100m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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