Fairy fort or ringfort in Ballylarkin, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as an enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, the location is cut by the N-S Dublin to Wexford rail line. Only the western third of this site survives as a D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 10m E-W) raised c. 0.5m above the surrounding ground surface (C 35m N-S). There is no evidence of a fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX003-020

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