What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Garraunfadda, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of roughly 35 to 40 metres. That same account recorded the site on the floor of the Cappagh valley and stated that it was not visible at ground level in pasture.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an undulating landscape on the floor of the Cappagh valley, it is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 02-09-2009

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