What is recorded here
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 31m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a field wall NE-SE, with slight traces of a fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.2m) SE-S and a scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere.
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: 27th July, 2010. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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