What is recorded here

Wood is an enclosure in Ballynatray Demesne, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded a 42-metre circular area with a 2-metre-wide earthen bank reaching 0.5 metres internally and 1 metre externally at the southwest, plus a 1-metre-wide, 0.4-metre-deep outer fosse on the north-northeast. Mature deciduous trees plant the perimeter towards the top of an east- and southeast-facing slope, and the inventory judged it probably a landscape feature rather than a definitive ancient monument.

Marked as a copse (diam. c. 54-50m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1927 ed. Situated towards the top of an E and SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 42m) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m), with an outer fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.4m) N-NE. The perimeter is planted with mature deciduous trees, and it is probably a landscape feature. Rath (WA037-003----) is c. 110m t the NW. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

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