What is recorded here
Marked as a circular enclosure on the1839 (diam. c. 50m) and 1925 (diam. c. 40m) eds of the OS 6 inch map. Situated on the plateau of a NW-SE spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains with the source of a small N-S stream c. 170m to the SE. The stream joins the NW-SE Boro River c. 500m further S. This is a slightly dished area (diam. c. 42m N-S; c. 39m E-W) in a harvested cereal crop, with a curve in a field bank to the W (C 34m).
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: 25 June, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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