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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured semicircular area E-S-W incorporated into field banks at N making a D-shaped enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 50m N-S) with the straight side at N on the 1925 ed. Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope, it is visible as an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.3m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.95m) E-S-W, with internal stone-facing ESE-S (C c. 35m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance. 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: 10th May, 2011.

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