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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corracoggil North, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle east-facing slope as a subcircular grass and rush-covered area measuring 25.9 metres north-south and 22.9 metres east-west. An overgrown earthen bank two to 2.2 metres wide surrounds the south and northwest, while a lower scarp borders the remaining edge. Archaeological testing west and northwest in 2004 found no related material.
On a gentle E-facing slope. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 25.9m N-S; 22.9 E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-2.2m; int. H 01.-0.2m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) S-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.7m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Archaeological testing (04E1179) immediately to W and NW in 2004 failed to produce any related archaeological material (Henry 2007b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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