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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corboley, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on the crest of a WSW-facing slope. A scarp rises 1.2m at the southwest and joins a road wall toward the east, while the northwest perimeter is absent. No visible fosse or original entrance remains.
On the crest of a WSW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 38m NW-SE; c. 38m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m at SW) SSE-NW that is incorporated into a road wall ENE-SSE, but the perimeter is absent NW-ENE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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