Embanked enclosure in Ballycraddock (WA016-055----)

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What is recorded here

Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. Flat, overgrown D-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 22m E-W) with a severe slope down to E. Defined by an internal scarp (H 0.7-0.9m) at S and at the straight W side, and by an external scarp (max. H 2.5m at NE) elsewhere. Enclosure (WA016-054----) is adjacent to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA016-055

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