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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drinagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 Ordnance Survey six-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure on a low rise. The grass-covered area measures 39 metres across, uses a scarp and field bank as boundaries, and serves as a feeding station known locally as the fort.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45-50m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m NE-SW), which is used as a feeding station and known locally as 'the fort', defined by a scarp (Wth 2.4m; H 0.7m) S-NW and a field bank and hedge N-SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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