Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockalisheen (glenahiry By.)

Located just off the W side of the summit of a hill in the E-W Nier river valley. D-shaped, scrub-covered area (dims. 30m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m) and outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 6.1m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; ext. D 0.5m) SW-N-SE, both of which are truncated by a NW-SE field bank at SW. There is no visible entrance. 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