What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Orchardstown (middlethird By.), County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure about 60 metres across, while the 1950-51 edition showed a circular enclosure about 45 metres across and a northeast-southwest field bank across it. The 1999 inventory recorded the site in pasture at the crest of a west-facing slope and stated that it was not visible at ground level during that account.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) overlain by a NE-SW field bank on the 1950-51 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated In pasture at the crest of a W-facing sloe, 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 July 2010

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