What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Barristown, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked it as a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about thirty metres. The inventory recorded it in pasture on a gentle east-facing slope, but it is not visible at ground level.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a gentle E-facing slope, 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: 26 August 2009

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