Raheenavullagh, fairy fort in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight N-S spur. Marked as a D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) called Raheenavullagh - the little rath on the hill - on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map. The enclosure is depicted as truncated at NW by a road bank. This is a subcircular, slightly dished, grass-covered area (dims. 27m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX010-001

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