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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 Knockaculleen OR Hollymount, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures 32m NW-SE and 27m NE-SW on a rise in a low-lying landscape. A grass-covered stone spread 3.2-3.6m wide defines the boundary, reducing to a 1.3m stone-covered scarp at the north. No visible entrance appears on the structure.
On a rise in a low-lying landscape. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 32m NW-SE, 27m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.2-3.6m; int. H 0.1-0.45m; ext. H 0.2-0.55m) which is reduced to a stone-covered scarp (H 1.3m) at N. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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