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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tumna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. An earthen bank and outer fosse define most of the perimeter, while a scarp closes the remaining section. Two other raths sit within 210m to the NE and SE.
Towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 35m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8-6.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4m generally to 0.8m at E) WSW-N-E and scarp (H 0.2m generally to 0.8m at S) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.5m at W to 7m at N; D 0.1m at W to 0.75m at N) W-N-E. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO007-090----) is c. 210m to the NE and rath (RO010-019----) is c. 170m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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