What is recorded here
On a slight NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 27.5m ENE-WSW; 26.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 1m) separated by a berm (Wth 9m) from an outer scrub-covered bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.25m). The outer bank has stone-facing NE-SSE and is incorporated into a field bank SSE-NNW. Original entrance not identified. No visible fosse.
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: 16th May 2011.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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