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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. It occupies a circular overgrown area 27m across on the N-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. An earthen bank 3.9 to 8m wide and 0.65 to 1.6m high surrounds the interior, with a 2.9m entrance at SE and faint outer fosse traces to the south. Rath RO011-104---- lies about 90m to the SSW.
Towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m at N to 8m at E; int. H 0.65m at NW to 1.1m at W; ext. H 0.95m at NW to 1.6m at W), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) SE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.9m) is at SE. Rath (RO011-104----) is c. 90m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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