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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Marked as a circuclar embanked enclosure on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map on the border with Co. Wicklow, and situated in the valley of a NE-SW stream. Circular overgrown area (diam. 20m) defined by earthen bank (Wth 2-4m; H 1.5-2m) with internal stone cladding. It is in centre of stream with a leat (now dry) breaching breaching the bank at NE, following the inner edge of bank at N and W and exiting at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996) compiled by Michael Moore. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 October 2011

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