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Embanked enclosure in Muchrath

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a small rise with a small SE-NW stream c. 120m distant S-W. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 50m) defined by a scarp (H 1.1m at E to 1.9m at W) and hedge, with slight traces of a bank at SE. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 5m) at E but there is no visible fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-019

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Patrick Browne, credited in the Wexford Weekly image caption and image metadata, wexfordweekly.com
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  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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