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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Grallagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a level landscape at the bottom of a north-facing slope. A subcircular grass-covered area measures 31.6 metres north-south and 28.1 metres east-west. Stone foundations or an earthen bank with facing stones define its northern, southern and western edges.
On a level landscape at the bottom of a N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 31.6m N-S; 28.1m E-W) defined by the foundations of a stone wall or an earthen bank with facing stones (Wth 1-1.3m) N-S-W with an overgrown stone spread or earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5-1.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m) elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 0.7m) at SW is stone-lined with a large stone (dims 1.1m x 0.9m; H 0.9m) on the SE side. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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