County: Wexford Site name: TOMONA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Mr. T. Fanning, National Parks & Monuments Branch, Office of Public Works
Site type: Enclosure - large enclosure
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 686730m, N 645248m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.551649, -6.721105
In the early spring of 1971 a number of field drains were dug across this large earthwork.
The site is situated between the 300 and 400 ft. contours and consists of a single bank with slight traces of an inner fosse, enclosing a roughly circular area circa 93m in diameter. A gap in the northern sector suggests a possible entrance feature and here the bank had survived to its present maximum height of about two metres. The cuttings revealed the existence of an outer fosse and confirmed the suspected presence of a shallow inner fosse. No finds or features were recovered from any of the cuttings a fact which might suggest that the site served purely as an enclosure for cattle.
