What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Stonepark South, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on a gentle south-facing slope near the east edge of a plateau. A circular grass-covered area measures about thirty-eight metres across and contains the grass-covered foundations of a small rectangular house. Earthen banks and fosSES surround the circle, though an outer rectangular enclosure to the south has been removed.

On a gentle S-facing slope towards the E edge of a plateau. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.5m WNW-ESE; 37.4m NNE-SSW) defined by a rounded earthen bank (Wth 4.6m at S to 8.5m at E; int. H 0.6 at W to 1.6m at N; ext. H 1.6-2m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7-10.2m; Wth of base 2.6-3.5m; D 0.4m at N to 1.8m at S) from an outer bank (Wth 6.4-9.2m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) which survives only NNE-E-SW. An outer fosse and third bank are visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDK 84-6) from the 1970s NW-E, being incorporated into a field bank SW-NW, but this feature does not survive. The entrance through the inner bank (Wth 3m) and a causeway (Wth 3.4m) are at E, but the gap in the middle bank is altered. The grass-covered foundations (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) of a rectangular house (RO032-023003-) (int. dims 4m x 3m) abut the inside of the inner bank at NE, and the interior is overlain by the remnants of a field system. There was a rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO032-023002-) (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) S of the middle bank defined at the E, S and W sides by an earthen bank and outer fosse (CUCAP: BDK 84-6), but this has been removed. See the attached aerial images from S (001) and E (002). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.