What is recorded here
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 75m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS-6 inch map and situated on the E-facing slope of a W-E spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. No trace of it is visible at ground level in pasture. Ringfort (WX024-023----) is c. 120m to the NW and rath (WX024-025----) is c. 160m to the SSW.
The abpve 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: 25 June, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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