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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Roo, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits towards the bottom of a gentle east-facing slope, forming a circular overgrown platform about twenty-eight metres across and one and a half metres high. A shallow fosse with a two-metre base surrounds the mound, while no entrance remains visible. Another rath lies two hundred and ten metres to the west.
Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope. Circular overgrown platform (diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S; H 1.3-1.6m) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 2.2-2.5m; D 0.4-0.6m). There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO018-017----) is c. 210m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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