What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Fhaiche (bar. Na Déise Lasmuigh Den Drom) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in An Fhaiche (bar. Na Déise Lasmuigh Den Drom), County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 Archaeological Inventory recorded a circular grass-covered area 26 metres across, defined by a broadly spread earthen bank 5 to 8 metres wide, with an internal height of 0.25 metres and an external height of 0.35 metres. A north-western field bank truncates the enclosure, no visible entrance appears, and faint traces of a 2.5-metre-wide fosse noted in 1982 have since eroded.

Marked only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) and situated on top of a low hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m) defined by a broadly spread earthen bank (Wth 5-8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.35m) truncated W-NW by a NE-SW field bank. There were traces of a fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.5m) at NW in 1982 (SMR file) that have since been eroded, and there is no visible entrance. 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/revision: 6th May, 2011.

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