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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

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. 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: 8 January 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1979).

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