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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 Aghacurreen, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular overgrown area measures 28 metres across and contains an earthen bank, outer fosse, and scarp. Field banks surround the site on opposite sides, but no entrance remains visible.
On the gentle NE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 28m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m) and outer fosse (at NW: Wth of base 2.8m; D 0.5m) SW-NW, and a scarp (H 0.6m at SE) elsewhere. It is surrounded by field banks NNW-NE and SSE-SW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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