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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumanilra OR Mounteagle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a drumlin as a circular grass-covered area twenty-seven metres across, bounded by a low scarp rather than a visible fosse or entrance. The site remains confined within a small irregular field, while Rath sits about one hundred and eighty metres to the southwest.
On top of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.75m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, and it is confined within a small irregularly-shaped field. Rath (RO007-037----) is c. 180m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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