What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickphilip, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 Ordnance Survey map marked the broad-hill site as a tri-vallate enclosure reaching about 75 metres across. The Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford recorded a 38.5-metre east-west and 35-metre north-south grass-covered area bounded by an overgrown, partially eroded earthen bank with internal and external stone-facing traces. A separate outer fosse, field bank and berm surround the main circle, while a 2.8-metre entrance opens toward the south-southeast.

Marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a tri-vallate enclosure (max. ext. diam. c. 75m), it is located on top of a broad hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 38.5m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an overgrown and partially eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.5m at N to 5m at E; int. H 1.1m at S to 1.5m at N; ext. H 1.1-1.6m) with traces of internal and external stone-facing. An outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 5.3m; Wth of base 2.2-3m; D 0.5m) NNW-ESE is separated from an enclosing field bank by a berm (Wth 3.5-4.5m). The entrance (Wth 2.8m) at SSE. 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/revision: 1 December 2011

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