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Embanked enclosure in Ballyrannel

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Embanked enclosure in Ballyrannel
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Marked as circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an area of broken ground on the 1940 ed. It is situated on the spine of a broad N-S ridge. It is now a quarry, but part of it could survive at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX026-027

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