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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dergraw, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a drumlin as a circular grass and rush-covered area measuring 36.5 metres east-west and 35 metres north-south. A partly wet fosse defines the perimeter from northeast through south to northwest, while an east-west field bank overlays the northern edge. Another rath stands approximately 80 metres to the west.
On the top of a drumlin. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 36.5m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by a partly wet fosse (Wth of top 4.6m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; int. D 0.4-1m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m) NE-S-NW. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is overlain by an E-W field bank at N and the fosse is barely visible N of this. Rath (RO007-047----) is c. 80m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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