
What is recorded here
Situated towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a hill. This is a subcircular, scrub-covered area (dims. 42m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 4-5.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m), with an external fosse (Wth 4-5m; D 0.3-0.5m) E-S-W. There is no visible entrance and the perimeter is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW. Ringfort (WX025-049----) is c. 150m to the SW.
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: 3 July, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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