What is recorded here
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a slight S-facing slope on Brownstown Head, with the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream immediately to the SW, it is not visible at ground level.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 19 January 2012
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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