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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farnmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a level landscape as a circular grass-covered area measuring thirty-eight metres across, defined by a scarp at the northeast and remains of an earthen bank at the southwest. A north-west to south-east farm track slightly truncates the southern edge, while another rath sits one hundred and eighty metres to the north-northwest.
On a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at NE: Wth 2m; H 1.1m) with the remains of an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.5m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) at SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the monument is slightly truncated by a NW-SE farm track at S. Rath (RO028-0021----) is c. 180m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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