Embanked enclosure in Deerpark North, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 64.4m ENE-WSW; 63.2m WNW-ESE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3-1.3m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m) with traces of stone-facing, which is incorporated into a field bank NNW-S. There is no visible fosse and the entrance is at ENE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA021-024

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