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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Erriblagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the east end of an east-west ridge as a circular grass-covered area thirty-four metres across. An earthen bank, scarp, wide fosse and outer bank define the perimeter, while a relict field bank lies outside the eastern edge. No visible entrance breaks the surrounding earthworks.
At the E end of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.5-0.75m; ext. H 1.75m) S-SW, and by a scarp (H 0.75m) elsewhere, with a fosse (Wth of top 8.5-10m; Wth of base 7.3m) SSW-W-NNE, and an outer bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.6m) SSW-WSW. There is no visible entrance but there is a relict NNE-SSW field bank outside the perimeter at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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