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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballydaly, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on a gentle north-facing slope, measuring 46.4 metres east-west and 42 metres north-south. An earthen bank surrounds the site on the south, west and north-northeast, reaching 1 metre high externally, while the remaining boundary reduces to a low scarp. No visible fosse or original entrance remains identifiable.
On a gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46.4m E-W; 42m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5.3m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.65-1m) S-W-NNE, but reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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