Embanked enclosure in Ballyin Upper, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) overlain by a NW-SE field bank on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a steep SE-facing slope. Subrectangular area (dims. 12.8m NW-SE; 6.4m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) with external stone-facing, it is described as a 'killeen' (Power 1952, 35). The perimeter is planted with deciduous trees. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA020-009

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