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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Kilmore (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring 23.7 metres east-west and 21.1 metres north-south. A grass-covered stone spread defines the boundary, with inner and outer facing stones visible at the southwest and bushes marking the southern and western perimeter. No entrance is visible.
On the crest of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 23.7m E-W; 21.1m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (at S: Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; at W: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) with inner and outer facing stones visible at SW (original Wth 1m) and some bushes on the perimeter S-W. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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