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Embanked enclosure — Cushenstown

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Located on a gentle W-facing slope with a small N-S stream c. 320m to the W. This is a raised rectangular area (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 33m NW-SE) covered in dense scrub and defined by earthen banks (at NE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.3m) with external moats (at NE: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 1m) on each side. (Barry 1977, 219, WX 51) 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: 15 October, 2012

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