What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Clooncogaile, Kilclooney is a fairy fort or ringfort in Clooncogaile, Kilclooney, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford recorded the site as a small embanked enclosure in tillage at the crest of a west-facing slope, with the 1840 map showing an external diameter of about 40 metres and the 1927 map showing about 30 metres. That same inventory recorded a north-south field bank and townland boundary bisecting the enclosure, and recorded that it was not visible at ground level.

Marked as a small embanked enclosure on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 40m) and 1927 (ext. diam. c. 30m) eds. of the OS 6-inch maps, and situated in tillage at the crest of a W-facing slope. It is bisected by a N-S field bank and townland boudnary, but it is not visible at ground level. 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: 14 August 2009

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