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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooncommon More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low drumlin and presents a circular grass and scrub-covered area defined by an overgrown, flat-topped earthen bank and an outer fosse. The bank is reduced to a scarp in the north-east, while the fosse extends from the east-north-east through the south to the west-north-west. No visible entrance breaks the structure, and another rath sits approximately ninety metres to the west-south-west.
On a low drumlin. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an overgrown, flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3.5-4m; Wth of top 2-2.3m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1m) which is reduced to a scarp N-NE, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.6-2.8m; D 0.4-0.8m) ENE-S-WNW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO018-010001-) is c. 90m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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