What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curragh (decies Within Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies an overgrown subcircular area measuring 37.5 metres north-south and 33 metres east-west on the shoulder of a north-east-facing slope. A four-metre-wide earthen bank defines the site, rising 0.5 metres internally and 0.6 to 2.2 metres externally from the upslope west to the east, while a one-to-five-metre outer berm and surrounding field bank complete the visible structure. No entrance was identified during the inspection that recorded these dimensions.

On the shoulder of a NE-facing slope. Overgrown subcircular area (dims. 37.5m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m at W (upslope) to 2.2m at E) with an outer berm (Wth 1-5m) surrounded by a field bank. No visible remains or local knowledge of the Man-made underground passage marked on the latest ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Entrance not identified. 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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