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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle NW-facing slope with an E-W stream c. 130m to the N. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m WNW-ESE; 29.5m NNE-SSW) defined by a bank incorporated into a field bank NW-E (at NNE: Wth 4.2m; int. and ext. H 1.05m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3m, D c. 0.2m) NNW-E. Elsewhere the perimeter is defined by a widely spread bank. 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. Date of upload/revision: 30th July, 2010.

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Embanked enclosure — Fox's Castle

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