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Embanked enclosure — Curragh (decies Within Drum By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Curragh (decies Within Drum By.)
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Towards the E end of an E-W ridge. Overgrown subcircular area (dims. c. 35m E-W; c. 27m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth at base 10m; Wth at top 2.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.5m at NNE) with a round-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 3.5m; D 1.8m at NNE). Entrance not identified. 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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