What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Blackknock, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 40 metres. The 1999 Archaeological Inventory recorded that the site sat in pasture at the crest of a north-facing slope and was not visible at ground level, while aerial photographs taken in 2003 showed traces of the enclosure.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the crest of a N-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level, but traces of an enclosure are visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (383) 31-36) taken in 2003. 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: 20th December, 2010.

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