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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clegna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped grass-covered area towards the top of a southwest-facing drumlin slope. An overgrown scarp defines the boundary while field banks truncate the north and east edges. A modern entrance appears at the southeast, though no visible fosse remains.
Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims. 20m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 0.2-1m) SE-NW. It is truncated at N by an E-W field bank and at E by a N-S field bank. There is no visible fosse or but there is a modern entrance at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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