Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Courteencurragh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courteencurragh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67927, -6.25670
- SMR number
- WX007-036----
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 faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. It is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018)
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 2012
Amended: 13 May, 2014, 23 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.