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Embanked enclosure — Racecourse (gorey By.)

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Racecourse (gorey By.)
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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embnaked enclosure on the 1839 (ext. diam. c. 30m) and 1924 (ext. diam. c. 35m) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the crest of a SW-facing slope. It has been removed but is a circular area (diam. 18m) of darker soil visible when the area is ploughed. 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: 27 January 2012
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