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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annaghbeg (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped overgrown area on the lower west-facing slope of a drumlin ridge near Lough Naseer. An outer scarp rises 1.2 to 3 metres around most of the perimeter, while a smaller inner scarp marks the upslope edge. Two other raths stand within 130 metres to the east and southwest.
On the lower W-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge c, 30m from the SE shore of Lough Naseer (max. dims c. 850m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE). D-shaped overgrown area (max. dims 40m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.2-0.4m) NE-S (upslope) and an outer scarp (H 1.2-3m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO007-061----) is c. 130m to the E, and rath (RO007-062----) is c. 120m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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