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Embanked enclosure in Canbo

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a level landscape with a N-S stream or drain c. 30m to the E which separates it from the fortified house of Canbo (RO010-084001-), c. 80m distant. D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 23m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a gapped and overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m at SE to 0.45m at NE; ext. H 0.3m at SE to 0.8m at NE) at NE, SE and SW, and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.2m at E to 0.75m at W and S). There is no visible fosse or entrance. An enclosure or annexe (RO010-083002-) to the E is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 20m E-W; 16.5m N-S) defined by a low scarp (H 0.5-1m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-083001

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Photo credits
  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Brendan Moran / Sportsfile, www.irishexaminer.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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