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
- 52.79064, -6.27226
- SMR number
- WX003A001----
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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 only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a fragment of an enclosure bank and fosse S-E. It is situated on a SE-facing slope at the headwaters of a NW-SE stream, and with a WSW-ENE spur extending off to the NE. A fragment of bank (Wth 4–6m; H 1.5–1.8m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; max. ext. D 1.5m) survive on the W and N sides of an enclosure (C 51m) in 1987.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.