Ring-ditch in Crory, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on a rise on a SE-facing slope overlooking the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 500m to the SE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 15m) defined by a single wide fosse feature (Wth c. 6m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (16) 5–7). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX015-059

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