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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeenrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge and measures about 47m across as a circular grass-covered area defined by a broad rise or slight scarp. An earlier description recorded a 43.5m by 40.5m circular area whose earthen bank was incorporated into a field bank running NW-NE. Three other rath sites are nearby, one immediately to the NE, one about 70m to the NW, and one about 160m to the SE.
Just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of NNW-SSE ridge. Described as a circular area (diam. 43.5m N-S; 40.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank which is incorporated into a field bank NW-NE (Gannon 1972). It is now visible as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 47m NE-SW; 47m NW-SE) defined by a broad rise or a slight scarp. Rath site (RO042-071001-) is immediately to the NE, rath (RO042-070----) is c. 70m to the NW, and rath (RO042-101----) is c. 160m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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