What is recorded here
Marked faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) overlain by field boundaries on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a gentle S-facing slope just off the top of a W-E ridge. Nothing is visible at ground level in a cereal crop.
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: 22 May, 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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