What is recorded here
Marked as a large embanked enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1840 and 1922 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a W and N-facing slope. There are traces of a fosse (Wth 3m) at N and a field boundary at S defining an enclosure which is otherwise not visible at ground level.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 16th May 2011.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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