What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ballykerin Middle, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded it as an irregularly shaped embanked enclosure measuring about 65 metres north-south and 60 metres east-west on the 1840 map, while the latest map shows a curved field bank running southwest to northeast. It is situated in tillage on a broad summit, and the inventory recorded that it is not visible at ground level.

Marked as an irregularly shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 65m N-S; c. 60m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and indicated as a curved field bank SW-NE on the latest ed. Situated in tillage on a broad summit, 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. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

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