Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castleland (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleland (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73186, -6.29578
- SMR number
- WX003-051----
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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 gentle S-facing slope in pasture with a stream flowing NE-SW c. 20m to the E. Identified on Bing Images (c. 2013), it is also visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018; 14/07/2018). It consists of a large oval enclosure (dims. c. 57m NE-SW; c. 48m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with stones protruding from it (pers. comm. Ivor Kenny). The NE quadrant was surveyed with remote sensing techniques (12R0118) which showed that there were two fosse features and is probably a rath (Harte 2013). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 29 April 2014
Amended: 17 December 2020; 23 July 2021
References
Harte, A. 2013 Archaeological testing and Excavation undertaken at Limerick, Gorey, Co. Wexford. Licence: 13E0018. Unpublished report, Munster Archaeology
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.