Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathpierce Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathpierce Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.76951, -6.28807
- SMR number
- WX003-009----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is situated on a S-facing slope. It survived until about 1970, but is not visible at ground level now in a farm complex.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.