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Ringfort - unclassified

Croghan Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Croghan Upper, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Croghan Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.78206, -6.32197
SMR number
WX002-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a steep S and SW-facing slope of Croghan Mountain. It is marked on the 1839 OS 6-inch map as a large embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 85m) and as a large oval enclosure (dims. c. 100m E-W; c. 80m N-S) on the 1924 ed. It appears from aerial photographs (GSIAP, T 40/41) to have been a large bivallate ringfort, perhaps with an annexe attached at E. The only indication at ground level in pasture is the curve of field fence at S (C c. 90m) and slight trace of fosse at W (Wth 5m). It is visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 80m) on a series of vertical aerial photographs (OSI 2000), with an annexe to the E, both surrounded by an outer fosse which provided its oval shape on the 1924 ed. of the 6-inch map.

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: 27 September, 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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