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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacumsy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the east end of a west-east spur as a circular grass-covered area twenty-five metres wide, bounded by a low scarp rather than a visible fosse or entrance. Another rath sits one hundred and forty metres to the east-northeast, while a removed field wall once crossed the monument.
At the E end of a W-E spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 25m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.6m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. An E-W field wall which overlay the monument has been removed. Rath (RO016-100----) is c. 140m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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