What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockavelish, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a large circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 70 metres. It occupies a slight south-east-facing slope in the Lios field, where a circular grass-covered area 53 metres across is defined by a slight scarp and traces of an external fosse at the north. No entrance was visible during the inventory examination.

Marked as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in a field known as the Lios field. It is visible on vertical aerial photographs (ACAP V165/64-5). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 53m) defined by a slight scarp, with traces of an external fosse at N. There is no visible entrance. 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: 10 June 2011

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