Embanked enclosure in Englishtown, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated in mixed woodland on top of a broad hill. Overgrown circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1m) with stone-facing. There is no visible entrance or fosse, but a hollow inside the perimeter at NE that was visible in 1981 (SMR file) may be a souterrrain (WA023-033002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA023-033001

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