Embanked enclosure in Ballylough, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 140m to the SE and a smaller NW-SE stream immediately to the N. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Slight traces of circular area defined by fosse (diam. c. 30m) were visible in the 1940s (SMR file). No featire is visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX015-011

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