What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Barristown, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 35 metres, overlaid by a northwest to southeast roadway. That same map account recorded the site at the crest of an east-facing slope and stated that it was not visible at ground level.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) overlaid by a NW-SE roadway on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated at the crest of an E-facing slope, it is 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. Date of upload/revision: 26 August 2009

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