What is recorded here
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 30m) and 1926 (ext. diam. c. 40m) eds of the OS 6-inch maps and situated on a gentle S-facing slope at the foothills of Croughaun Hill. It is described locally as a circular 'lios' which was removed c. 1970, and is visible as a slightly dished, grass-covered circular area (diam. c. 31m). Enclosure (WA015-008----) is c. 30m to the E.
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: 28th July, 2010.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedEnclosure · 1.0 mi
Saint Anne's Catholic ChurchOfficially recorded historic building · 1.1 mi
Embanked enclosureEnclosure · 1.1 mi
Kilclooney WoodForest · 1.9 mi
Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.5 mi
CastleCastle, tower house · 2.5 mi
8 Arch GalleryGallery · 2.6 mi
LackaduffMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
CoumshingaunMountain corrie and lake · 3.1 mi
Crough WoodWood · 3.1 mi