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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Raheenduff (shelmaliere West By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located on a level landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 40m x c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDO 72). It is not visible at ground level in a harvested cereal crop, but it is visible on the photographs of Google Earth (2010) and on (MM (29) 12-14). Rath (WX040-081----) is c. 140m to the SE. 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: 21 February, 2013

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