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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisdaly, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of an east-northeast to west-southwest ridge towards the eastern end. A circular grass-covered area measures thirty-one metres north-south. An earthen bank and scarp define the boundary without a visible fosse or entrance.
On the crest of an ENE-WSW ridge, towards the E end. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.95-1.2m) SSW-W, at NW, and at NE, and by a scarp (H 0.95m at E to 1.65m at S) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrnace. Rath (RO010-065001-) is c. 50m to the W, and enclosure (RO010-118----) is c. 100m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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