What is recorded here
Not indicaetd is a hilltop enclosure in Cloncoskoran, Garranbaun, County Waterford, Ireland. The grass-covered circle measures 108 metres north-south and 103 metres east-west at the southeast end of a northwest-southeast ridge. Its 5 to 6-metre-wide scarp rises 0.3 to 0.7 metres above the interior, with no visible ditch or entrance.
Situated at the SE end of a NW-SE ridge or spur, at the S end of the Monavullagh Mountains. It overlooks Dungarvan Bay and the E end of Cappagh valley. This is a large circular grass-covered area (diam. 108m N-S; 103m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 5-6m; H 0.3-0.7m), but with no evidence of a fosse or entrance. It is depicted on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map as a wooded area having the townland boundary with Cloncoskoran on the perimeter SE-W-NW. Rath (WA031-019002-) is in the interior.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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