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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fearagh (mahon), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular site sits on an east-facing drumlin slope and contains two other rath locations within a short distance. Its earthen bank and outer ditch remain visible despite overgrowth, while a field bank crosses the interior west of the centre.
On a gentle E-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.8m) and outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 3.6m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.6m) NE-S-SW, and by a scarp (H 0.9m) down to the interior elsewhere. A NE-SW field bank overlies the interior W of the centre. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO017-103----) is c. 120m to the NE and rath (RO017-100----) is c. 220m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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