Enclosure in Leperstown, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Located at the S end of a broad N-S ridge. A bivallate circular area (int. diam. c. 40m; max. ext. diam. c. 55m) is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (MM (61) 0-1). It is circumscribed by a road bank at W. 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 WA027-081

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