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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular scrub-covered area towards the bottom of an E-facing slope of Greywood Hill. An overgrown earthen bank and outer fosse define the site, though no original entrance remains identifiable. Another rath stands approximately 150 metres to the northwest.
Towards the bottom of an E-facing slope of Greywood Hill. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims 49m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.1-4.2m; int. H 0.4-1.2m; ext. H 1-1.8m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 3.2-5.2m; Wth of base 1.4-2m; D 0.5-0.9m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO023-067----) is c. 150m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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