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Embanked enclosure in Lackensillagh

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Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 44m E-W) incorparating a road bank SE-S on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a S-N spur.This is an oval grass-covered area (dims. 33m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.1m at W to 1m at E (downslope)). It is truncated (L 14m) by an E-W farm lane at S. 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 WA034-011

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