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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Pollymount, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a level low-lying landscape 200m east of the Scramoge River at the base of a steep west-facing slope. A grass-covered circular platform 29.4m wide and 27.5m deep rises 0.8 to 1.2m above the ground, with no visible fosse or identifiable entrance.
On a level low-lying landscape c. 200m E of the S-N Scramoge River and at the base of a steep W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 29.4m E-W; 27.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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