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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Located on an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 28.8m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.4m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) NW-NNE. There is an outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 9m' Wth of base 5.3m; D 0.2m) NW-SE, and the site is circumscribed by a stone-faced field bank (Wth 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) SE-NW. The ntrance (Wth 3.5m) through the inner bank is at SE. 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: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore

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