What is recorded here
Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m E-W; c. 45m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a slight S-facing slope with the NE-SW River Sow c. 300m to the NW. This is a rectangular area in mixed woodland (dims. 35m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a flat bottomed moat at W (Wth 7.5m; D 1.4m) and E (Wth 13m; D 1m), a laneway and farm building at N and a scarp (H 1.2m) at S. (Barry 1977, 221, WX65)
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: 31 August, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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