Embanked enclosure in Ballingowan, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a NE-facing slope overlooking the N-S Tay River c. 100m from the stream. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims. 54m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved at W (Wth 4m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.55m) but incorporated into an E-W field bank SE-SW. The original entrance could not be identified and there is no visible fosse. A bullaun stone recorded by Power (1952, 148-9) was not located.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA024-044001

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