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Embanked enclosure — Curraghataggart

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure — Curraghataggart
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Situated towards the head of a W-E valley with a NW-SE stream 10m to the SW. Overgrown Circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m). There is no visible entrance or fosse. 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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