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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 Lisduff (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring forty-eight point eight metres north-south and forty-five point two metres east-west. An overgrown earthen bank and shallow fosse define the perimeter, while a four-metre entrance opens at the east-southeast and a man-made underground passage lies inside the northwest boundary.
On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 48.8m N-S; 45.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.3m N-E to 5.6m at W; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1-1.5m), and a fosse (Wth of top 5.5-6.8m; Wth of base 3.6-4m; D 0.2m) SE-W-NE. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at ESE, and Man-made underground passage (RO014-050002-) is inside the perimeter at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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