Enclosure in Aska More, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located towards the bottom of a steep N-facing slope. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 37m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by a fosse is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The enclosure is truncated by a N-S field bank at W and there is evidence of an outer fosse c. 5-8m distant NE-SE. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the enhanced aerial view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 28 February 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX005-024

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