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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a gentle west-facing slope as a thirty-metre circular area bounded by a slight western scarp and forestry drains. The site remains unplanted within a young coniferous forest, while Rath sits two hundred and ten metres to the north-northwest.
At the crest of a gentle W-facing slope. Described as a circular area (diam. 31m) defined by an earthen bank and slight traces of an outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is now visible as a flat area (diam. 30m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.6m) at W and by forestry drains elsewhere. It remains unplanted in a young coniferous forest. Rath (RO024-001----) is c. 210m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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