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Entrenchment

Promontory fort, coastal
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Located on a S-N promontory jutting N into the river Barrow/Nore/Suir, with a SE-NW ravine on the E side. This subtriangular grass-covered area (dims. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 170m N-S) is sloping down to the rounded apex at N, and it is defined by the river SW-N-NE and the ravine at E. The landward side is defined by an…

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Located on a S-N promontory jutting N into the river Barrow/Nore/Suir, with a SE-NW ravine on the E side. This subtriangular grass-covered area (dims. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 170m N-S) is sloping down to the rounded apex at N, and it is defined by the river SW-N-NE and the ravine at E. The landward side is defined by an earth and stone bank (L c. 175m; Wth 9.5m; int. H 2m; ext H 2.2m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 5m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 1.2m) on the S side. There is a slight berm (Wth c. 1.5m) between the base of the bank and the fosse, and there is evidence of stone cladding on the outer edge of the fosse. The fortified church (WX044-002001-) is within the promontory fort. (Westropp 1918, 14 15) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX044-002001

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  • Redmond O'Brien, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John Myers, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alanna Milbourne, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Julie Anne Workman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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