What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Killadangan, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 and 1927 Ordnance Survey maps marked it as a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 40 metres. It sits in pasture at the crest of a ridge overlooking the Colligan River to the south and west, and a north-south tributary to the east. A western bank section, 4 metres wide and 1 metre high with a circumference of about 30 metres, is partially obscured by spoil and incorporated into a field bank.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 and 1927 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the crest of a ridge overlooking the Colligan River to the S and W, and a N-S tributary to the E. A section of bank (Wth 4m; H 1m; C c. 30m), partially obscured by spoil, is incorporated into a field bank at W. 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: 26th July, 2010.

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