Embanked enclosure in Garnakill, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on a fairly level landscape. This is a wedge-shaped, overgrown area (dims. 55-65m NE-SW: 61m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.5m) with an external moat (Wth 6.5m; D 0.5-1m) on each side. (Barry 1977, 220, WX 57) Barry, T. B. (1977) Medieval moated sites of SE Ireland. BAR 35, Oxford.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX017-005

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