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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Keeloges (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area measuring 30.5m north-south and 22.5m east-west on a gentle north-facing ridge shelf. An earthen bank 3.4 to 4.1m wide surrounds the interior, while an outer fosse runs along the south-west and south-east edges. The east-north-east entrance has widened to 5m across.
On a shelf of the gentle N-facing slope of a ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 30.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.1m; int. H 0.1m at N to 0.65m at S; ext. H 0.9m at E to 1.35m at N), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4m; D 0.2-0.5m) SSW-NW, and at SE. The entrance at ENE has been widened (Wth 5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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