What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Mountaincastle South, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a large bivallate enclosure with an internal diameter of about 40 metres and an external diameter of about 70 metres. The published county inventory recorded that the site is situated in pasture on a west-facing slope and is not visible at ground level.

Marked as a large bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 40m; ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a W-facing slope, 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: 23 December 2008

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