What is recorded here
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45-50m) on the 1840 and 1925 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a S-facing slope at the S end of a N-S ridge. Only a short section of bank, heavily overgrown and obscured by spoil, survives.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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