What is recorded here
Situated on a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 33m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m). The entrance may have been at W. A Man-made underground passage (WA026-024002-) was closed within living memory.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionOfficially recorded historic building · 980 yd
Fenor BogNature reserve · 1038 yd
Burnt mound in BallyscanlanBurnt mound · 1134 yd
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1169 yd
Historic buildingOfficially recorded historic building · 1.5 mi
Garrarus StrandBeach / strand · 1.8 mi
Kilfarrasy BeachBeach / strand · 2.1 mi
Dunhill CastleCastle · 2.2 mi
Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.2 mi
Newtown WoodsWood · 2.2 mi
Doneraile WalkWalking route · 2.3 miOther information
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