Embanked enclosure in Templenacroha, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a subrectangular or D-shaped embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims c. 45m E-W; c. 40m N-S) with a curved edge at N on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a N-S valley. It is not visible at ground level in pasture and does not appear on aerial photographs (ASIAP. WX 69, 6-11) which show the cropmark of rath (WX030-019----) that is c. 20m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX030-020

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