What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Newport West, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular shelf at the south end of a north-south spur, measuring about 26 metres east-west and 20 metres north-south. A 4.2-metre-wide earthen bank rises 0.9 metres internally and 1.3 metres externally at the north, while slight traces of a 5-metre-wide, 0.2-metre-deep outer fosse accompany it. The bank does not survive from southeast to southwest, no identifiable entrance appears, and a north-south stream flows roughly 400 metres to the west.

Located on a shelf at the S end of a N-S spur, with a N-S stream c. 400m to the W. Overgrown subcircular area (dims. c. 26m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.3m) with slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.2m). The bank does not survive SE-SW, and there is no identifiable entrance. Earthwork (WA034-029----) is c. 90m to the W, and rath (WA034-031----) is c. 60m to the S. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 02 October 2011

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