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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dergraw, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on top of a drumlin as a circular overgrown area about twenty-five metres across, defined by a wide earthen bank and an outer fosse on the north-west side. A separate rath attaches to the north-west but remains distinct because a field bank and drain run between the two earthworks. No visible entrance breaks the surrounding bank.
On top of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.2-1m; ext. H 0.7-1.8m), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5-5m; D 0.4-1m) N-W, but there is no visible entrance. Rath (RO007-046001-) is attached to the NW, but separated from it by a NE-SW field bank and drain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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