Embanked enclosure in Ballindaggan, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.5m N-S; 40.3m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6.7m; int. H 0.7-1.2m; ext. H 1.5-2m) S-N-E and a scarp E-S (H 1.3m) elsewhere, with an external fosse (Wth of top 3.5-5.2m; D 0.3-0.6m) S-W. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX014-036

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