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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cammoge, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped rise measuring 34.8 metres north-south and 30.6 metres east-west. A five-metre-wide earthen bank borders the southwest and northwest, while straightened scarps mark the eastern and southern edges. A possible entrance appears at the south-southwest, though no visible fosse remains.
On a rise in an undulating landscape. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34.8m N-S; 30.6m E-W) which slopes down to the E (H of slope c. 2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.9m) SW-NW, and scarps (H 0.5m) on the straightened E (L 20m) and S (L 15.5m) sides. There is no visible fosse, and an entrance (Wth 3m) at SSW might not be original. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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