Embanked enclosure in Curraghataggart, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated towards the head of a W-E valley with a NW-SE stream 10m to the SW. Overgrown Circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m). There is no visible entrance or fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA008-011

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