What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kye, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular site, with a crescent attached to its E-SW edge, is marked on the 1837 and 1914 OS 6-inch maps. It sits on the crest of a low E-W ridge drumlin ridge towards the E end. The earthworks are no longer visible at ground level because the land has become reclaimed pasture.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 40m) with a crescent (dim. c. 10m N-S) attached to the perimeter E-SW on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of the N-facing slope of a low E-W ridge drumlin ridge towards the E end. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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