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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corbally Middle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the NE end of a low ridge and measures 30.5m across. An earthen bank and outer fosse surround a grass and scrub-covered centre, but no entrance remains visible.
At the NE end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 30.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4.4m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 1.7m) N-ESE and SSW-W and elsewhere by a scarp (at S: H 0.9m; at NW: H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.4m) SW-WNW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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