What is recorded here
Located on a low hillock in a level, low-lying landscape. This is a raised circular area (diam. 52m E-W; 49m N-S) growing mixed woodland trees and it is defined by a scarp (H 1.4m at E to 2m at S), with traces of a bank at W (Wth 6m; max. int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.2m). There is no visible fosse, but there is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at SW.
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: 28 May, 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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