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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curry (roscommon By., Elia Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring 33m north-south and 32m east-west. An earthen bank and hedge define the interior, while an outer fosse serves as a farm track circumscribed by a field bank on the west, north and east. A two-metre-wide entrance opens at the east-north-east without a causeway.
On the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 33m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.1m at E to 4.7m at W; int. H 0.4m at S to 1.1m at N and W; ext. H 1.2m at E to 1.4m at S), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4-5.7m; Wth of base 2.8m at W to 3.6m at E; D 0.6m), which is used as a farm track circumscribed by a field bank W-N-E. There is an entrance (Wth 2m), but no causeway, at ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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