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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumlish, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures about 44m across and sits towards the E end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. An overgrown scarp rises 0.65m at E and 1.5m at S, while an outer fosse cuts 0.2-0.5m deep with a base 2.5-4.2m wide along the SE-S and W-NW edges. No entrance remains visible.
Towards the E end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 44m) defined by an overgrown and partly quarried scarp (H 0.65m at E to 1.5m at S), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-4.2m; D 0.2-0.5m) SE-S and W-NW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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