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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crunaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area sits on the crest of a northwest-southwest ridge and has a widened southern entrance. Another rath stands about 140 metres to the northwest and a third about 80 metres to the southeast.
On the crest of a NW-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m; at N: Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m) with no visible fosse. There is a widened entrance (Wth 8m) at S. Rath (RO013-003----) is c. 140m to the NW and rath (RO014-002----) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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