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Embanked enclosure in Killelan

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Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map and situated in the shallow valley of a small NW-SE stream which is c. 130m to the SW. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, but it may have been a moated site. (Barry 1977, 222, WX 77) 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 WX033-007

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