What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Knockaun (decies Without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked it as a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of roughly 30 to 35 metres. It sits in an undulating landscape, but the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford recorded that it is not visible at ground level in pasture.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30-35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an undulating landscape, 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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