What is recorded here
Located on a gently rolling landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a faint fosse or ditch is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 3). Elements of the field system (WX048-024----) appear to be connected with its perimeter. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. The rath (WX048-024001-) is c. 200m to the W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 3 January 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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