Fairy fort or ringfort in Knockavannia, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is encumbered by buildings at NW. Situated in pasture on a gentle NW-facing slope with buidings immediately to the N. It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA006-021

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