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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 10m to the W, and close to its source. This is a circular, dished and grass-covered area (diam. 47.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.2m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6.5m; D 1.3m) NNW-ENE and an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.2m) SSE-W. The site of the bank is clearly visible as a vegetation change ENE-SSE. There is no visible entrance. The enclosure is truncated at NW by a NE-SW field bank. Rath (WX024-038----) is c. 40m to the SE. 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: 25 June, 2012

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