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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyvannan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1837 Ordnance Survey map marked a circular embanked copse on the crest of the E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. The earthwork is no longer visible at ground level in the pasture.
Marked as a circular embanked copse (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of the E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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