What is recorded here
Located on a slight SE to W-facing slope. This is a dished oval, grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 47m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at NW to 1.6m at SE), with an external fosse best preserved NE-S-W (Wth of top 4.7 6m; ext. D 0.5m at NW to 1m at SE). There is no visible entrance. It is listed as a possible ringwork (Barry 1987, Fig. 14, 52).
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: 16 October, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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