Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ask, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ask
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70725, -6.25659
- SMR number
- WX007-060----
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
Situated on the NW-facing slope of Ask Hill. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 30m) with the straight side at the NE and defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (14) 30–35; (53) 28-9). It is also visible 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: 16 March, 2012
Amended; 6 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Pit alignmentunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.