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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 a NE-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area about 35m across, bounded by a low rise or scarp 0.2m high. Three other raths stand nearby at distances of 140m WSW, 65m SW and 200m SSE.
On a NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a low rise or scarp (H 0.2m). Raths (RO045-015----; RO045-016----; RO045-018----) are c. 140m to the WSW, 65m to the SW and 200m to the SSE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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