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Ringfort - rath

Kiltilly,Knocknalour, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kiltilly, Knocknalour, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kiltilly,Knocknalour
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.67560, -6.55368
SMR number
WX005-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked on the 1839 and 1923 eds of the OS 6-inch map as a bi-vallate enclosure, it is situated towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope overlooking a slight NW-SE spur. This is an oval grass and fern-covered area with some furze (dims 32m NE–SW; 27m NW–SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3–5m; H 0.5–1m) with an external fosse and outer bank (max. ext. dims 48m NE–SW; 40m NW–SE). There are the remains of an outer fosse NW–E, and the entrance is at SE. The site is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and townland boundary.

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: 29 February 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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