Embanked enclosure in Ballynabarney, County Wexford

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Located on a NW-facing slope of the NE-SW ridge of Annagh Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.5m E-W) defined by earthen bank (at W: Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) separated by a fosse (at W: Wth of top 5m) from an outer bank (at W: Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m), which has been destroyed SE-SW (max. ext. diam. c. 50m). There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-007

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