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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mountfin Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, with a NW-SE stream c. 100m to the S. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on the oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYJ 88). No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The ring-ditch (WX014-016002-) lies c. 90m to the WNW. 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: 26 April, 2012 Amended: 9, May, 2014
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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