What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyknock Lower, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded a circular scrub-covered area measuring 34 metres from northeast to southwest and 32.5 metres from northwest to southeast. An earthen bank defined the perimeter, dropping to a 0.8-metre scarp from east through south, while an outer flat-bottomed ditch measured 4.3 to 5.5 metres across its top and 2 metres across its base. No entrance was visible during that account.

Situated towards the top of a SE-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 34m NE-SW; 32.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.4m at SW (downslope) to 1.1m at NE; ext. H 0.8m at SW to 1.2m at NE), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) E-S, and an outer flat-bottomed fosse best preserved W-E (Wth of top 4.3-5.5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.6-1m). There is no visible entrance. A Man-made underground passage site (WA031-003002-) is in the interior. The possible ringfort (WA031-002----) is c. 70m to the N. 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: 25th August, 2011.

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