What is recorded here
Located on top of a broad low hill. Four orthostats enclose an area of c. 4.25-4.9m x 3.4-3.7m with an outlier (dims. 0.85m x 0.4m; H 0.8m) 4.15m to the SW and a quartz block (dims. 1.7m x 1.25m) lying prone between the quadrangle and the outlier. The NW stone (dims. 0.75m x 0.6m; H 1.6m) in the quadrangle is the tallest. The other stones are: at NE (dims. 0.95mx 0.35m; H 0.85m); at SE (dims. 0.9m x 0.2m; H 0.7m); at SW (dims. 0.9m x 0.6m; H 1.4m) (O’Nualláin 1984b, 71). (Grattan Flood 1912, 15-16; Browne 2002-03)
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: 16 August, 2012
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