Enclosure in Rosspile, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on an E-facing slope. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified an enclosure (diam. c. 32m) defined by faint interrupted sections of a fosse overlaid by traces of field banks that are depicted on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 35, Figs 11, 24) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, Fig. 11) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-106

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