What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fox's Castle, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a circular scrub-covered area 28 metres across on the southwest-facing slope of a hill. An overgrown earthen bank defines the site, reaching its greatest preservation in the northeast, while an external fosse runs along the northeast and a 2-metre-wide original entrance faces downslope at the southwest.

Situated just below the crest of the SW-facing slope of a hill. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 28m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved at NE (Wth 3- 5.7m; int. H 1.2-2m; ext. H 0.8-1.5m), with an external fosse (Wth at base 2m; ext. D 1.15m) N-E. The original entrance (Wth 2m) is downslope at SW. 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: 9th May, 2011.

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