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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cashelcolaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area holds a two-metre-wide entrance with a gate at the east edge. A drystone wall surrounds the space and stands on a grass-covered stone spread that clears back from the wall towards the south, west and east-north-east. A man-made underground passage lies just southwest of the centre.
Towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (int. dims 34m E-W; 30.6m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2-4m; int. H 1.3-1.5m; ext. H 1-1.3m) built on a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2m), which is cleared back from the wall S-W-ENE. The entrance (Wth 2m), with a gate, is at E. Man-made underground passage (RO008C013002-) is just SW of the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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