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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghamore (roscommon By., Aughrim West Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area spans about twenty-eight metres across the bottom of a south-facing drumlin slope. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an outer fosse cuts through the ground from southwest to southeast. The perimeter reduces to a one-metre scarp on the southeast and southwest, leaving no visible entrance.
Towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 28m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 1m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3-4m; D 0.1-0.6m) SW-N-SE. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) SE-SW, and there is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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