Midden in Loggan Lower, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

According to Kinahan (1879-88, 155) there was a midden in the fosse around the motte (WX002-004001-) at SW, or in the area immediately adjacent. It was disturbed when a field bank was made around the fosse, and a gold ring was reputedly discovered at the time. The ares is now quarried.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-052

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