Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyrory, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrory
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Double-bank enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.76824, -6.37190
- SMR number
- WX002-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a double-banked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP T38/39). Situated at the bottom of a N and W-facing slope. This is a slightly raised, circular, grass-covered area (diam. 35m N-S) defined by a low bank (Wth 6-7m; H 0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; D 0.3m), which is not visible NE–SE. There is an entrance (Wth 4.5m) at NE. It is also visible on Bing images (2011).
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.
Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.