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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballymullavill, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a prominent rise overlooking lower ground to the southeast. A circular overgrown area measures 29.6 metres across and contains a grass-covered stone spread with some facing-stones visible. An east-west field wall now overlays the northern perimeter, obscuring much of the original structure.
On a prominent rise overlooking lower ground to the SE. Circular overgrown area (int. diam. 29.6m ENE-WSW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread with some facing-stones visible (at ENE: original Wth 1.8m). There is no identifiable original entrance, but the monument is overlain by an E-W field wall towards the perimeter at N where it is largely obscured by field stones. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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