Embanked enclosure in Coolnasmear Lower, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25-30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Glendermot river valley. It is not known locally as the site of an antiquity, and is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA023-013

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