What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Foxhill, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval area on the SE-facing slope of a drumlin, now a small orchard bounded by an earthen bank, scarp and outer fosse with no visible entrance. Another earthwork lies about 140m to the ENE.

On the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Oval area (dims 26.5m NE-SW; 17.3m NW-SE), which is now a small orchard, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) WSW-NE and a scarp (max. H 1.05m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 2-2.7m; D 0.2m) SW-N. There is no visible entrance. Earthwork (RO007-073----) is c. 140m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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