
What is recorded here
Depicted as a small embanked subrectangular enclosure (ext. dims c. 25m E-W; c. 15m N-S) dfescribed as 'Garrane Fort' on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 20m) at SE on the 1927 ed. Situated in pasture on a gentle SE-facing slope, a spoil mound (dims. 10m N-S; 7m E-W; H 2m) occupies the site.
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: 10th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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