What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardoginna, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope as a 33-metre circular scrub-covered area. A 0.8-metre-high scarp drops to the interior on the northeast upslope, while a 3 to 3.5-metre-wide bank with a 0.2-metre internal height and 0.7 to 1.2-metre external height surrounds the rest. A 1.4-metre-wide entrance opens at the southeast, but no visible fosse appears.

Located on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 33m) defined by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.8m) upslope N-E and a slight bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m) at SE, but there is no visible fosse. A feature that may have been a Man-made underground passage or a kiln (WA040-004002-) which was described (Westropp 1903, 378) as a 'circular opening 6 feet by 9 inches and filled with bird bones' was found on an earthwork at Ardoginna, probably at this site. Westropp, T. J. (1903) Notes on the antiquities of Ardmore. JRSAI, 33, 353-80. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 17 October 2011

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