Enclosure in Growtown Upper, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. The vegetation mark in grass of a subrectangular or D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 27m NW-SE defined by a single fosse is visible on iMaps (2022). It is also visible on MapGenie (1999-2003), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached views from _02 MapGenie (1999-2003) and _03 iMAPs (2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 June 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX036-091

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