
What is recorded here
Situated on an E-facing slope at the S end of a N-S ridge. Subcircular dished area (dims. c. 90m N-S; c. 80m E-W) defined by an earthen bank surviving in its original condition S-W (Wth 13.5m; int. H 2.2m; ext. H 2m). The perimeter is altered into modern field banks W-N-E and is absent E-S. The interior is planted with a cereal crop. (Condit and Gibbons 1988)
Condit, T. and Gibbons, M. (1988) A henge-type monument at Castletown, Co. Waterford, Decies, No. 37, 5-7.
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: 06 January 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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