Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballytegan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballytegan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69607, -6.27424
- SMR number
- WX007-062----
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 at the E edge of a low plateau. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 5m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (53) 18-20) and digital aerial photographs (WX007-062_1A to _8A) from 2006. It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). Ring-ditch (WX007-065----) is c. 35m to the ENE and rath (WX007-063----) is c. 120m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 March, 2012
Amended: 8 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.