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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloncoskoran, Garranbaun, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies the southeast end of a northwest-southeast ridge at the south end of the Monavullagh Mountains and lies within a larger hilltop enclosure. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 38.3 metres north-south and 34.5 metres east-west, bounded by an earthen bank with internal stone facing and a hedge. A modern entrance opens at north-northeast, and no visible ditch surrounds the site.
Situated at the SE end of a NW-SE ridge or spur at the S end of the Monavullagh Mountains, and within hilltop enclosure (WA031-019001-). Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims. 38.3m N-S; 34.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1-1.7m) with internal stone-facing and a hedge. There is no visible fosse, and there is a modern entrance at NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 August 2011

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