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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tonroe OR Feenagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a low east-west ridge as an oval grass-covered area measuring 53 metres east-west and 41.5 metres north-south. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the perimeter, while an outer fosse cuts into the ground on the north and east sides. The bank merges into the ground on the south-west, leaving no visible entrance.
On the crest of a low E-W ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 53m E-W; 41.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1.3-1.4m) W-N-SE, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 6m at N to 10m at E; D 0.2-0.8m) N-E. The perimeter merges into the ground SE-W, and there is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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