What is recorded here
Marked as a circular enclosure on 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated at the crest of a NE-facing slope down to the NW-SE River Slaney which is c. 350m to the NE. It is visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single fosse feature with an entrance gap at the E on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 54). It is visible at ground level in pasture.
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: 31 May, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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