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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corskeagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure about thirty metres across on a slight knoll in a level landscape. The earthwork is no longer visible at ground level in pasture, and a house now occupies part of the site.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight knoll in a level landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, although it is partly occupied by a house. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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