What is recorded here
Situated on a steep W-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 125m to the W. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a small quarry (diam. c. 25-30m) on the 1924 ed. It is visible as a faint cropmark (diam. c. 30m) defined by a slight single fosse SE-W-N on aerial photographs (MM (2) 13–15). No feautre is visible at ground level in a cereal crop.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by; Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 26 April, 2012
Amended: 1 May, 2014
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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