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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kiltrustan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map as a circular embanked enclosure about twenty-five metres across, situated just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of Mullaghcreigha Hill. Gannon described it in 1972 as a circular area defined by a defaced earthen bank, but it is no longer visible at ground level in pasture.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of Mullaghcreigha Hill. Described as a circular area defined by a defaced earthen bank (Gannon 1972), it is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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