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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonmore (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits at the crest of a low north-south ridge overlooking the Feorish River, which flows about 230 metres to the southwest. A circular grass-covered area roughly 37 metres across is defined by a low scarp 1.6 to 2 metres wide and 0.2 to 0.3 metres high. A northeast-southwest field wall overlies the perimeter at the northwest, where vegetation also grows thick, while no visible fosse or original entrance remains identifiable.
At the crest of a low N-S ridge overlooking a NNW-SSE section of the Feorish River which is c. 230m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 37m) defined by a low scarp (Wth 1.6-2m; H 0.2-0.3m) which is overlain by a NE-SW field wall towards the perimeter at NW, and it is overgrown NW of this feature. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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