Embanked enclosure in Pollpeasty, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated in a slight W-E valley with the headwaters of a small W-E stream at a possible holy well (WX024-055----) just to the S. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. (Barry 1977, 226, WX 102) The abpve 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 WX024-054

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