Embanked enclosure in Gortahilly, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on fairly level ground with a slight E-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 24m) defined by a scarp. Traces of a widely spread bank (Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.8m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 4m; ext. D 0.6m) survive at N. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA027-038

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