Embanked enclosure in Grallagh Lower, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope, but all field banks in its vicinity have been removed. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 31.4m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-5.5m), which is best preserved E-S (max. int. H 0.9m; max. ext. H 1.5m). The entrance cannot be identified, and there is no visible fosse. The earthwork (WA038-003001-) and Man-made underground passage (WA038-004----) are c. 170m to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-004

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