Enclosure in Kilkeany

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a steep NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.2-0.4m) E-SE, a berm SE-W and a scarp (H c. 0.4m) elsewhere on the downslope side. It is bisected by an E-W field bank. 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. Date of upload/revision: 27 July 2010