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Embanked enclosure in Knockavelish

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in a field known as the Lios field. It is visible on vertical aerial photographs (ACAP V165/64-5). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 53m) defined by a slight scarp, with traces of an external fosse at N. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA027-011

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, account.travel
  • Paul O'Farrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Noel Browne / Waterford News & Star, www.waterford-news.ie
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