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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisfelim, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a southeast-facing slope on the northeast-southwest shoulder of a hill, with the summit about 300 metres to the northwest. A subcircular overgrown area measures 26.5 metres north-south and 23.5 metres east-west, defined by an earthen bank 2.2 to 2.8 metres wide and a fosse on the west and north sides. The entrance is 2.8 metres wide at the southeast, and a barrow lies about 60 metres to the north-northeast.
At the crest of the SE-facing slope of the NE-SW shoulder of a hill, the summit of which is c. 300m to the NW. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 26.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.2-2.8m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.45-0.5m), with a fosse (at W: Wth of top 2.7m; Wth of base 1.1m; ext. D 0.3m) W-N. The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at SE. Barrow (RO045-144----) is c. 60m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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