Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballybeg, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a broad plateau with a slight S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX036-035

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