Concentric enclosure in Coolpeach, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a wide fosse feature (ext. diam. c. 35m) within a larger enclosure (diam. c. 70m) defined by a narrower feature S-W-N is visible on aerial photographs (MM (10) 30 33). It is also visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (267) 12-15), and on digital aerial photographs (WX042-019_1 to _4) taken in 2006. It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX042-019

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