Embanked enclosure in Island Upper (WX006-057----)

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Marked as a rectangular wooded area (dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 35m E-W) containing a circular embanked enclosure on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and as a rectangular hachured feature on the 1940 edition. It is situated on a slight rise in a gentle E-facing slope in the valley of the NW-SE River Lask, with the stream c. 370m to the NE. It was recorded in 1940 as a subrectangular area (dims c. 33.5m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 1.5-3m; int. H c. 0.8m; ext. H c. 1.5-2m) with no fosse (OSFM). It was described locally in 1987 as rectangular, raised area (H c. 1m) with a fosse. It is not now visible at ground level in pasture but is visible as the cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 38m NNW-SSE; c. 36m ENE-WSW) defined by fosses or moats (Wth c. 2m) on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The S end of the E side is not apparent in this image, which was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Maps The above 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 WX006-057

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