Embanked enclosure in Lyrattin, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a SE-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA022-002

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