Embanked enclosure in Halseyrath, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in the valley of a N-S stream that is immediately to the E. It is not visible at ground level in a developed farmyard. Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX046-006

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