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Embanked enclosure — Monamelagh

Enclosure

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Overview

Embanked enclosure — Monamelagh is recorded as Enclosure in Waterford. Marked as a circular embanked enclousre (ext. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 25m) W-N on the 1922 ed.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 25m) W-N on the 1922 ed.

What was found

The saved account records: Marked as a circular embanked enclousre (ext.

What remains

The saved account records: Situated on the E-facing slope of the N-S valley of the Kilfarrasy stream.

Why it mattered

Embanked enclosure — Monamelagh matters because the source ties enclosure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: c. 35m) defined by an overgrown, flat-topped bank (Wth at base 8m

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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