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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corlis (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low rise in a low-lying landscape as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 48m north-south and 42m east-west. A 4m wide earthen bank and hedge bound the west, north and east sides while a scarp bounds the remainder, leaving no visible fosse or entrance. Rath lies approximately 180m to the southwest.
On a low rise in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 48m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1.3m) W-N-E and a scarp (H 0.7-1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO017-016----) is c. 180m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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