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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Toberataravan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on an east-facing shelf, bounded by a low stone spread rather than a standing wall. The northwest perimeter shows quarrying, and no entrance remains visible.
On a shelf on an E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 24m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2-4m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.1-1m). There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter has been quarried at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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