What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknagawna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on the western end of an east-west drumlin ridge and contains a circular overgrown area about forty-eight metres across. An earthen bank and partly re-cut fosse surround the space, while a five-metre-wide causeway marks the eastern entrance.

On top of the W end of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 48m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8-6.5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 2m) and fosse (Wth of base 3m; D 0.2-0.8m) which is partly re-cut as a field drain. There is an entrance and causeway (Wth 5m) at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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