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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Danesfort, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown area on the southwest-facing slope of a small northeast-southwest drumlin. An earthen bank and scarp define the circle, while an outer fosse cuts through the western and northeastern sections. No visible entrance breaks the surrounding earthwork.
On the SW-facing slope of a small NE-SW drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 32m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.1m at E to 8m at W; int. H 0.25m at E to 1m at N; ext. H 1.1m at E to 1.85 at N) WSW-N-ESE and a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 4.1-4.3m; D 0.75-0.85m) W-NE. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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