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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Largan (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular embanked enclosure measures about 35m in external diameter and appears on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, while the 1914 ed. shows only the arc of a bank.
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the arc of a bank on the 1914 ed. Situated on a N-facing slope, it is now within a quarry. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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