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Ringfort - rath

Kilcavan Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilcavan Upper, 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
Kilcavan Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.70418, -6.22421
SMR number
WX007-012----

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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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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, and situated towards the bottom of the NW-facing slope of Tara Hill. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 31m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 6m; int. H 0.5m; max. ext. H 1.8m) with bushes, which has an external fosse (Wth of top 4.5m at SE to 7m at NW; Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) E-S and W-N. There is an outer bank (Wth 4m; H 0.5m) W-N (max. ext. diam. 43m NW-SE). There is no visible entrance, and the fosse and outer bank are incorporated into a SE-NW stream at NE, and curtailed by an E-W field bank at SW.

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.

Date of upload/revision: 15 March, 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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