Enclosure in Ballindysert, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a subcircular emban ked enclosure (dims. c. 65m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, incorporating the townland boundary with Ballindysert S-NW. Situated at the E edge of a broad plateau with the Aughnabrone S-N river valley to the E. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 55m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth c. 3m) incorporated into a field bank and townland boundary S-NNE, with a slight scarp elsewhere.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA003-012

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