Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinacarrig, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinacarrig
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Copse
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69096, -6.22904
- SMR number
- WX007-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 as a small copse on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of Tara Hill. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; H 0.6-1.3m) with external stone cladding and an external fosse (Wth 4-8m; D 0.4-1m). There is no identifiable entrance. The possible standing stone (WX007-027----) is c. 30m to the ESE.
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: 15 March 2015
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.