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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killummod, County Roscommon, Ireland. The site is marked as a circular embanked feature on the 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps and sits on a broad low drumlin. A modern overgrown drain now defines the subcircular grass and rush-covered area instead of the original earthen bank.
Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a broad low drumlin. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 38.1m NW-SE; 32.8m NE-SW) defined today by a modern, overgrown drain (Wth 4m; D 1.2-1.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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