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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bohagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on a shelf towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope overlooking a NW-SE valley. An earthen bank defines the perimeter, though a NE-SW field bank now overlies the monument towards the southeast edge.
On a shelf towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope overlooking a NW-SE valley. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 1m at SE to 2m at NW). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but a NE-SW field bank overlies the monument towards the perimeter at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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