What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fadduaga is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fadduaga, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded an overgrown circular area, 26 metres east-west and 25 metres north-south, on a west-facing slope overlooking a small north-south stream about 130 metres to the west. Its earthen bank measured 5.5 to 6.7 metres wide, rose 1 to 1.4 metres internally and 1 metre externally, and faced slight traces of an eastern fosse through a west-northwest entrance.

Situated on a W-facing slope overlooking a small N-S stream c. 130m to the W. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-6.7m; int. H 1-1.4m; ext. H 1m), with slight traces of a fosse at E. There is an entrance at WNW. 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: 23 December 2008

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