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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonykelly, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a bluff overlooking the River Suck, about 80 metres to the southwest. A flat-topped earthen bank surrounds a circular grass area roughly 36 metres across, though no entrance or ditch remains visible.
On a bluff overlooking a SE-NW section of the River Suck, which is c. 80m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 35.7m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 6.9-8.8m; Wth of top 1.7m at N to 3.4m at S; int. H 0.2m at S to 0.6m at W; ext. H 0.9m at S to 1.7m at W). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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