Embanked enclosure in Sheephouse, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is situated on a level landscape. An earthen bank and hedge (int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.8-1m) survive E-S-W (diam. 31m E-W) and the interior was set in a cereal crop. According to local reports stone foundations, probably of a house site, were found in the interior through ploughing.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX047-023001

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