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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Erris, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle NW-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring 17.5 to 18.5m across. A low scarp rises 0.1 to 0.5m on the west, north and east, while another drops 0.2 to 0.5m into the interior elsewhere. A ring-ditch lies about 120m to the southeast, and a cashel stands about 200m to the south.
On a gentle NW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 17.5-18.5m) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.5m) W-N-E and a scarp down to the interior (H 0.2-0.5m) elsewhere. Ring-ditch (RO006-081----) is c. 120m to the SE, and cashel (RO006-083007-) is c. 200m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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