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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corgarrow, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a drumlin overlooking the north shore of Drumman Lough, about 250 metres south-southwest. A circular grass-covered area, 48 metres north-south, is bounded by an overgrown earthen bank and an outer fosse, but no entrance remains visible. Another rath lies about 150 metres to the northeast.
Situated on top of a drumlin overlooking the N shore of Drumman Lough, c. 250m to the SSW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 48m N-S) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 4.2m at N to 6.8m at S; int. H 0.45-1m; ext. H 1.8-2m) NNW-E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5m at S to 5m at N; D 0.4m at N to 1.2m at S). There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO017-169----) is c. 150m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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