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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moigh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on top of a drumlin as a circular grass and rush-covered area measuring 23 metres north to south. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an outer fosse and additional bank extend across the southeast and western edges. A three-metre-wide entrance opens at the east-southeast.
On top of a drumlin. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 23m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5m at N to 6m at S; int. H 0.1-0.35m; ext. H 1.1-1.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.8-4.8m; D 0.1-0.75m), with an outer bank (Wth 2-4m; H 0.2-0.5m) at SE and SW-W-NNE. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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