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Embanked enlosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enlosure
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This was described in 1987 (SMR file) as a circular overgrown area (diam. 43m E W; 40m N S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3-6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m). There was an entrance (Wth 3m) at WNW, but there was no visible fosse. It had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). In July 2018 a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works) recorded an image of its cropmark as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 5m) visible in parched pasture, but an entrance feature is not visible. The above 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. See the attached aerial view taken from S courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 2 January, 2019
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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