Embanked enclosure in Tullerstown, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map, and situated on a slight S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but is visible as a square cropmark (dims. c. 38m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 85). (Barry 1977, 228, WX 117) 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 WX039-044

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