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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area at the crest of a NE-facing slope, measuring 37.2m NW-SE and 31.5m NE-SW. An earthen bank incorporated into a field bank and hedge defines the SE-W-N perimeter, while a 0.45m scarp marks the remainder. Three other raths stand 20m west, 40m east and 140m east-northeast.
At the crest of a NE-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 37.2m NW-SE; 31.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank incorporated into a field bank and hedge SE-W-N and by a scarp (H 0.45m) elsewhere. Raths (RO045-014----; RO045-016----; RO045-017----) are c. 20m to the W, 40m to the E and 140m to the ENE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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