What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Knockateemore is a fairy fort or ringfort in Knockateemore, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 Ordnance Survey map marked a large circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 65 metres from north to south and about 60 metres from east to west. The published Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford recorded the site in pasture on top of a low hill and stated that it was not visible at ground level during that account.
Marked as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 65m N-S; c. 60m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on top of a low hill, it is not visible at ground level.
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: 03-09-2009
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