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Embanked enclosure — Ballycurrane North

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Embanked enclosure — Ballycurrane North
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Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A field bank that is slightly curving NNW-NE may respect the outline of an enclosure. Archaeological testing (04E1115) on the site (Kiely 2007a), and immeidatly to the S (04E1460) (Kiely 2007b), produced no related material. Kiely, J. (2007a) Ballycurrane North. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 419-20, No. 1659. Wordwell. Dublin. Kiely, J. (2007b) Ballycurrane North. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 420, No. 1660. Wordwell. Dublin. 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: 6th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore

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