
What is recorded here
Situated at the base of a severe NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 32m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m) best preserved NW-SE, which is incorporated into a field bank elsewhere distorting the shape of the site. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at NW. A rath (WA002-031----) is c. 50m to the NE.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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