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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 Annaghbeg ((roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupied the crest of a south-facing slope as an oval area defined by an earthen bank and fosse. A thirty-metre arc of that bank survived in 1996 but disappeared by 2006, while archaeological testing nearby during 2006 failed to find related material.
At the crest of a S-facing slope. Described as an oval area defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Gannon 1972). An arc of a bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m) survived NE-SE (C c. 30m) in 1996 but had been removed by 2006. Archaeological testing (06E1043) c. 30m to the W during 2006 failed to produce any related material (Guinan 2009a). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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