
What is recorded here
Situated at the bottom of a fairly steep W-facing slope with a N-S stream immediately to the W. Marked as large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Part of the bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m) is incorporated into a field bank N-E (C 40m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 2m) N-E, but the rest of the perimeter does not survive.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 11 April, 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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