Embanked enclosure in Ballykerin Middle, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as an irregularly shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 65m N-S; c. 60m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and indicated as a curved field bank SW-NE on the latest ed. Situated in tillage on a broad summit, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA022-029

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