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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Toberdan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west-facing crest of a small north-west to south-east ridge on a broad plateau. A poached earthen bank surrounds a circular grass-covered area, while a separate mound sits about sixty metres to the south.
On the W-facing crest of a small NW-SE ridge on a broad plateau. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.1m NNE-SSW; 35.1m WNW-ESE) defined by a poached earthen bank (Wth 4.6-4.8m; int. H 0.5-0.65m; ext. H 1.15-1.45m) with inner facing stones ESE-SSE. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 3.1m) is at SSE. Some relict field banks and lazy beds are in the interior. Mound (RO045-047----) is c. 60m to the S. See the attached image taken from the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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