Embanked enclosure in Woodstock, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated just off the summit of a hill, on an E-facing slope. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 6m; H 0.9m), with slight traces of an external fosse at E. There is no visible entrance. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA029-034

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