Embanked enclosure

Marked as a large oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 75m N-S; c. 65m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and known locally as a 'lios' (Power 1887-8). It is situated at the crest of the W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge. The cropmark of a bivallate circular area (ext. diam. c. 70m) is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASZ 50). The perimeter incorporates a field bank E-SE. Man-made underground passage (WA018-013002-) was discovered in the bank at E. Power, Rev. P. (1887-8) Casey's 'lios', Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford, JRSAI, vol. 18, 407. 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. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008