Enclosure in Ballynagore, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a fairly level landscape. A subcircular area (dims c. 34m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by a single fosse is visible on iMAPs (2022). It is also faintly visible on a MapGenie image (2005-12), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from iMAPs (2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 June 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX027-075

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