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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnagroob, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a south-facing slope and presents a circular grass-covered platform measuring thirty-one metres east-west and thirty metres north-south. A shallow scarp defines most of the edge, while a fosse and overgrown outer bank appear along the south-western section. No original entrance remains identifiable.
On the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 31.1m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.9m), but there is a fosse (Wth of top 4.9m; Wth of base 3.7m; int. D 1.4m; ext. D 0.6m) and overgrown outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.6m) S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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