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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doonard Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a subcircular embanked enclosure on the 1837 map and a circular hachured enclosure on the 1914 map. The site sits on a slight north-facing slope in a low-lying landscape but is no longer visible at ground level in pasture. Another rath lies about sixty-five metres to the south-south-east.
Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the 1837 ed. and as a circular hachured enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a slight N-facing slope in a low-lying landscape, it is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO023-113----) is c. 65m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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