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Enclosure in Ballyboggan Upper

Enclosure
Enclosure in Ballyboggan Upper
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Located at the crest of a W and SW-facing slope. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a slngle fosse or ditch feature and with with the cropmark of a lane or field bank flanked by two ditches (L c. 30m) approaching from the SW is visible on aerial photographs (MM (11) 12-13). The enclosure (WX032-050----) is c. 100m to the SSE, and may be connected to this enclosure by the cropmark of a field bank. 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: 31 August, 2012 Amended: 21 February, 2014
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