Enclosure in Croghan Middle, fairy fort in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope of Croghan Mountain, and in the valley of an E-W stream, which is c. 50m to the S. It is marked as small enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-003

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