
What is recorded here
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular field (diam. c. 40m) on the 1922 ed. Situated on a W-facing slope. A semicircular arc (diam. c. 30m) of a bank, with internal and external stone-revetting, survives E-S-W where it has been incorporated in a field bank.
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: 30th July, 2010.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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