What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Baile Uí Raghallaigh, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 30 to 35 metres. That same account placed the site in pasture on a gentle north-facing slope and recorded that it was not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing near the site during 2001 and 2006 failed to produce related material.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30-35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a gentle N-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (01E0478) in the vicinity during 2001 (Tierney 2003) and during 2006 (06E0943) (Hackett 2009b) failed to produce any related material. Hackett, L. (2009b) Ballyriely. No archaeological significane. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 525-6, No. 1970. Wordwell. Dublin. Tierney, J. (2003) Ballyreilly, Ring. Enclosure. In Bennett, (ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 388-9, No. 1245. Wordwell. Bray. 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: 6th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore

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