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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballagh (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight west-facing slope about 150 metres from the east shore of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. A circular grass-covered area measuring roughly 35 metres across is defined by an overgrown earthen bank that joins a field bank to the north-east, though no fosse or original entrance remains visible.
On a slight W-facing slope, c. 150m from the E shore of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m NW-SE; 33.8m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown but poached earthen bank (at SW: Wth 6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m) which is incorporated into a field bank N-E. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. See the attached aerial view taken from the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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