Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Greenan, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the crest of the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. A curve in a field bank N-E-S (C c. 35m) might incorporate part of the bank, but it is otherwise not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX019-003

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