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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cuilmore (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The slightly domed grass and scrub-covered area measures 21.5 metres across and contains a smaller house site abutting the inner cashel wall. Remnants of the stone wall still define the perimeter despite fieldstones scattered along the southern edge.
On the crest of a knoll. Circular, slightly domed, grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 21.5m NNW-SSE) defined by the remains of a stone wall with inner and outer facing-stones and a rubble core (Wth 1.45-1.65m; max. H 0.6m) SSE-W-NE. A house site (RO051-040002-) (ext. dims at least 5m E-W; 3.3m N-S) defined by the base of a stone wall abuts the inner face of the cashel wall at N. There are fieldstones on the perimeter SSW-WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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