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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4-2m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at NNE: Wth of base 3.5m; D c. 1m). There is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore

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