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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corrabaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular area on a slight east-west ridge in a low-lying landscape. An overgrown earthen bank and outer fosse define most of the perimeter, while a scarp marks the remaining edge. A one-metre entrance opens at the southeast, and a north-south road now crosses the interior east of the centre.
On a slight E-W ridge in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular or D-shaped area (dims 62m N-S; 56m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) NE-SE, and a scarp (H 0.2-0.6m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) at SE. The interior is overlain by a N-S road E of the centre and is overgrown E of this and grass-covered and barely perceptible W of it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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