Embanked enclosure in Lough, fairy fort in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gently rolling landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but there is a bend in the field bank (C c. 23m) at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-025

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