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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in a slight S-facing fold, with sea cliffs c. 300m to S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 0.95m) which is destroyed SE-SSW and incorporated into a field bank NE-SE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The interior is eroded by cattle. 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: 27th September, 2011.

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