Embanked enclosure in Coolhull, fairy fort in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated in the slight valley of a small NNW-SSE stream, which is immediately to the SW. This is a D-shaped scrub-covered area (diam. c. 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3- 0.6m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) N-E-S, but the perimeter is truncated by the stream at W. There is no visible fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX046-026

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