Embanked enclosure

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is located at the bottom of a slight W-facing slope, with a N-S stream c. 120m to the W. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by the remains of a fosse (at S: Wth 11m; int. D 0.9m) NNE-S-WSW. The perimeter is truncated by a N-S field bank at W and an E-W field bank at N. There is no visible entrance or internal features but the fosse is visible as a cropmark feature NNE-S-WSW on aerial photographs (MM (30) 9-11). 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: 18 February, 2013