What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Keelty (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-west-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring 44.5 metres north to south. A slight earthen bank and rounded fosse define the boundary, though the bank is missing from the south-east to south section. A 3.6-metre-wide entrance and 4.2-metre-wide causeway appear at the south-south-east.

On a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44.5m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) and hedge and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.5-1.1m). The bank is missing SE-S, and there is an entrance (Wth 3.6m) and causeway (Wth 4.2m; H 0.25m) at SSE (max. ext. dim. 59m N-S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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