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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated towards the W end of an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 38m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.7-6m; int. H 0.8-1.3m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) with traces of internal stone-facing. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at SE, but there is no visible fosse. 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: 23 December 2008

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Recorded monument

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