Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Island Upper,monbay Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island Upper,monbay Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67743, -6.40176
- SMR number
- WX006-055----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. This is a flat, circular, grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m) defined by traces of a low bank (Wth c. 4-5m; int. H 0.1-0.3m) or scarp E-S-W.
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: 1 March, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.