What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisroyne, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west end of a low ridge and contains a scrub-covered oval defined by an overgrown earthen bank and outer fosse. Archaeological testing immediately to the west produced no related material.

Towards the W end of a low E-W ridge, on the N-facing slope. Oval scrub-covered area (dims 36.7m NE-SW; 25.5m NW-SE) which slopes down to the NE (H of slope 1.6m), defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.7-8.6m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m generally to 1.5m at NE), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 7.3-8.3m; Wth of base 3.5-5m; D 0.3m) ESE-WSW. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO023-165----) is c. 160m to the SW. Archaeological testing (11E0076) immediately to the W produced no related material (Hurley 2011). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 4 February 2020

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