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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cuilrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped rock outcrop shelf on a west-facing slope, measuring 25.5 metres east-west and 24.1 metres north-south. A grass-covered stone spread 2.7 to 3.2 metres wide defines the perimeter from southeast through west to north-northeast, though a farm track truncates the eastern edge. Facing stones remain visible at the northwest, and a narrow entrance at the south-southeast may be modern.
On a rock outcrop shelf towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area with rock outcrop (int. dims 25.5m E-W; 24.1m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.7-3.2m; int. H 0.2; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) SE-W-NNE with facing stones visible at NW (origainl Wth 0.9m), but the perimeter is truncated by a NNW-SSE farm track at E. An entrance (Wth 0.6m) at SSE may be modern. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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