What is recorded here
Situated towards the E edge of a broad N-S ridge. The cropmark of a bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 50m; ext. diam. c. 75m) is visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, AVK 87, BDQ 101, BDO 71; GB89.AN34; ASIAP (101) 36 7; (103) 0 5). The outer fosse feature is slighter than the inner, and there is a large pit at the centre (MM (41) 16-19).
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: 17 June, 2013
A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clonsharragh is an early-medieval bivallate enclosure, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. Local folklore associates such sites with the faerie folk, and they were often avoided due to their mystical reputation.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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