Strongbow's Entrenchment

Strongbow's Entrenchment is an earthwork fortification located near Duncormuck in County Wexford, surviving as visible landscape features. The site is associated with the Norman invasion of Ireland, though historical evidence suggests the entrenchments were built by Robert FitzStephen's forces in May 1169, predating the arrival of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow). FitzStephen ...