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Faint enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Faint enclosure
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What is recorded here

Located on a S-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 40m N-S; 38.6m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; max. int. H 0.4m; max. ext. H 1.2m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.7m). The original entrance cannot be identified. Rath (WA022-018----) is c. 90m to the N. 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: 23rd March, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore

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