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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonybrennan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low knoll and forms a circular grass-covered area thirty-three metres north-south and thirty-two point two metres east-west. An overgrown earthen bank five to five point eight metres wide and generally one point three metres high defines the boundary, though a drystone wall truncates its inner face. A slight outer fosse runs northwest to northeast before a farm track replaces it, while a two-metre entrance opens at the east-southeast.
On a low knoll. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 33m N-S; 32.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-5.8m; ext. H 1.3m generally to 3m at W) which has been truncated by a drystone wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.7-1m) on its inner face. There is a slight outer fosse (Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.1m) NW-NE which is replaced by a farm track SSW-NW, and the entrance (Wth 2m) is at ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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