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Embanked enclosure in Donard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Marked as a trivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 100-105m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and located on a S-facing slope. It is described in the 1940s as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) with the remains of three banks at E and S and traces of a fosse between the inner and central bank (SMR file). It has been removed since and nothing is visible at ground level in pasture apart from a curved boundary of a coniferous plantation (C c. 50m) NE-SE that is just outside it. The abpve 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 WX024-048

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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