What is recorded here
Situated on the summit of a N-S ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. at top 22.5m N-S; 22m E-W; diam. of base 30m N-S; 29.5m E-W; H 1.5-3.1m), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth c. 8m; ext. D 0.6m) SE-NW. Killowen graveyard (WA017-064----) is c. 30m 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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