Embanked enclosure in Ballykerin Lower, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 43m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a SW-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA022-028

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