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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Scregg (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area towards the bottom of a drumlin slope, defined by an earthen bank and scarp without a visible entrance or fosse. A field bank circumscribes the southeast perimeter, while another rath stands about 130 metres to the southeast.
Towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 29.2m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-2.8m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m) ENE-SE and a scarp (H 0.55m at N to 0.8m at W) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and a field bank circumscribes the perimeter at SE. Rath (RO011-037----) is c. 130m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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