Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Embanked enclousure — Muckanagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
Embanked enclousure — Muckanagh
Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Open the original picture · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

On a slight SE-facing slope of a drumlin down to the NW shore of Kilglass Lough, c. 150m distant. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 64.3m E-W; 56m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-6.8m; int. H 0.4-0.8m generally to 1.4m at N; ext. H 0.8-1m generally to 1.8m at S) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.6-5.6m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.4-1m) which has been extended into a pond at N. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.