Embanked enclosure in Hopefield, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a subrectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m N-S; c. 45-55m E-W) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight SE-facing slope at the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream. It is described as a platform with a dry moat (Wth 2m; D 1.5m) (Barry 1977, 222, WX 72), but it was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1988.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX036-031

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