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Embanked enclosure in Templetown

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and it is situated on top of sea-cliffs (H c. 20m) on the E side of the Barrow/Nore/Suir estuary. It is overlooked by higher ground to the E and S. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 23m NW-SE) defined by the sea cliff WSW-W-NE and a fosse (at N: Wth of top 4m; int. D 2m; ext. D 1.2m; at SSE: Wth of top 7m; int. D 0.2m; ext. D 0.4m) with an outer field bank elsewhere. There is no visible bank or entrance. Archaeological testing (09E0394) c. 200m to the S produced no related material (Ó Drisceoil 2012a).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX049-009

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Ianfhunter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Brian Hodge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Tim Kirby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sean O Briain, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Noel Browne / Waterford News & Star, www.waterford-news.ie
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