What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacumsy,lisnaboll, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight northwest-southeast ridge as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 58.5 metres north-south and 51 metres east-west. A scarp rising 0.7 to 1.6 metres defines the perimeter, while a shallow depression in the northwest sector may mark a collapsed underground passage. An outer scarp stands 15 metres beyond the main edge to the west-northeast, and a field wall bisects the interior toward Kilmacumsy.

On a slight NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 58.5m N-S; 51m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at N to 1.4-1.6m generally). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. A depression (L 20.5m; Wth 3m; D 0.2-0.5m) running NW-SE in the NW sector may be a collapsed Man-made underground passage (RO016-095001-), while an outer scarp (H 1m) 15m outside the perimeter W-NE is the remains of an outer enclosing feature. An ENE-WSW field wall and townland boundary with Kilmacumsy to the S bisects the interior. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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