What is recorded here
Located in an undulating landscape with the headwaters of a small SE-NW stream c. 50m to the NE. This is a raised wooded rectangular area (dims. 38m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank which may be recent. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) on the NE side. A moat (Wth 6m; D 2m) is only visible on the SW side. (Barry 1977, 223, WX 83)
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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