What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Englishtown, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory described an overgrown circular area with an internal diameter of 26.5 metres, bounded by a stone-faced earthen bank that reached 1 metre externally. A hollow inside the northeast perimeter, visible in 1981, may be a souterrain.

Situated in mixed woodland on top of a broad hill. Overgrown circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1m) with stone-facing. There is no visible entrance or fosse, but a hollow inside the perimeter at NE that was visible in 1981 (SMR file) may be a souterrrain (WA023-033002-). 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: 21st April, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.

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