Ring-ditch in Polldarrig, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked faintly as a small circular feature (diam. c. 20m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map, and situated on a rise in the valley of a small stream that is c. 50m to the E and c. 70m to the S but joins the N-S River Slaney c. 400m to the W. It is not visible at ground level but a ring-ditch (diam. c. 15-20m) is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX032-018

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