What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or ringfort in Towergare, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked a circular embanked enclosure with an external diameter of about 70 metres, its southern perimeter slightly constrained by field banks. The 1999 Archaeological Inventory recorded that it is situated in pasture on a broad, low hill and is not visible at ground level.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m), the perimeter of which is slightly constrained by field banks at S, on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a broad, low hill, 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: 25 August 2009

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