Fairy fort or ringfort in Finshoge, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked faintly as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located in the bottom of a steep-sided S-N valley and towards its head, with a stream c. 20m to the W. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (WX034-008002-) is c. 80m to the N and rath (WX034-010----) is c. 140m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX034-009

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