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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low-lying, level landscape as a circular grass-covered area measuring 44.5m east-west and 43.5m north-south. An earthen bank and hedge define the perimeter, while an outer fosse and stone-lined southeast entrance complete the visible structure.
On a low-lying, level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44.5m E-W; 43.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.7m at N to 5.5m at W; int. H 0.4-0.95m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m) SE-W-N which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.7m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.8m at N to 3.75m at S; D 0.15m at S to 0.6m at N) SE-W-N. The stone-lined entrance (Wth 3.8m) is at SE, and a stream or drain circumscribes the perimeter NE-SE. Rath (RO017-006----) is c. 160m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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