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Double-bank enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Double-bank enclosure
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Marked as a double-banked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP T38/39). Situated at the bottom of a N and W-facing slope. This is a slightly raised, circular, grass-covered area (diam. 35m N-S) defined by a low bank (Wth 6-7m; H 0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; D 0.3m), which is not visible NE–SE. There is an entrance (Wth 4.5m) at NE. It is also visible on Bing images (2011). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 27 January 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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