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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Sheerevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low east-west ridge and contains a circular grass-covered area about 24 metres across. An earthen bank 3 metres wide once surrounded the site, although quarrying removed parts on the northeast and southeast where an east-west lane now crosses the perimeter. No ditch or entrance remains visible.
On a low E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 24m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) which has been quarried away NE-E and SE-SSW, where an E-W lane overlies the perimeter. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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