Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Askinch Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Askinch Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78380, -6.26199
- SMR number
- WX003-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a steep E-facing slope, with a NW-SE stream c. 250m to the NE. This is a slightly raised oval area of rough pasture (dims. 44m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1-1.4m) NW-S, which is incorporated into a field bank elsewhere, and with an external fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; D 0.3m) E-S. There is no visible entrance.
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: 14 February, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.