What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigaun (hely), County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 43.5 metres from northwest to southeast and 38 metres from northeast to southwest. An overgrown earthen bank defines the site, reaches up to 1.4 metres internally, and joins a field bank on the southwest.

Situated towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 43.5m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.5-6m; int. H 0.2m at W (downslope) to 1.4m at N; ext. H 1.1m at N to 1.3m at S) which is incorporated into a field bank S-W. There is no visible fosse or entrance. 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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