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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cammoge, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise in an undulating landscape as an oval grass-covered platform measuring 41 metres north-south and 32 metres east-west. A scarp rising from 0.6 to 2.3 metres defines the edge, while slight bank traces appear on the north-northeast perimeter. No visible fosse or entrance remains.
On a rise in an undulatng landscape. Oval grass-covered platform (dims 41m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m at E to 1.4m at W to 2.3m at N) with slight traces of a bank (max. int. H 0.3m) on the perimeter N-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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