What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghateskin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curraghateskin, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded a subcircular area 31 metres north-south and 28 metres east-west on a plateau with ravines to the west and north. Its earthen bank measured 2 to 3 metres wide, stood 0.3 metres high internally and 0.6 to 1.3 metres high externally from southwest through north, reduced to a 1 metre scarp from north to southeast, and became a field wall from southeast to southwest. The inventory recorded no visible fosse, no identifiable entrance, and coniferous trees planted in the south half of the interior.

Situated on a plateau with ravines to the W and N. Subcircular area (dims. 31m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6-1.3m) SW-N, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) N-SE and replaced by field wall SE-SW. There is no visible fosse, and the entrance cannot be identified. The S half of the interior is planted with coniferous trees. 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: 23 December 2008

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