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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Funshinagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a broad, low hill as a subrectangular grass-covered area measuring 51.2 metres north-northeast to south-southwest and 44 metres west-northwest to east-southeast. An earthen bank 1.8 to 4 metres wide and 0.2 to 1.2 metres high on the outside defines the shape, with the straight side facing west. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
On the summit of a broad, low hill. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 51.2m NNE-SSW; 44m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8-4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.2-1.2m) with the straight side at W. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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