Embanked enclosure in Ballycraddock (WA016-054----)

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 30m) defined by an external scarp (Wth 2m; max. H 1m) NE-SE and by an internal scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 1.1m) WSW-NW. Enclosure (WA016-055----) is immediately adjacent to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA016-054

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