Embanked enclosure in Ballywater Lower, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on a broad low hill. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area with some trees surrounding a slight rise (dims. 59m E–W; 52m N–S). The perimeter is defined by interupted sections of an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.5m) E-S and a scarp (H c. 0.3m) elsewhere. An entrance through the bank at E may be modern, and there is no visible fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX022-010

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