Embanked enclosure in Drumroe Upper, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the crest of an E-W ridge, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA021-027

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