Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyboy (scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboy (scarawalsh By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.62110, -6.56869
- SMR number
- WX010-015----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 a slight SW-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass and fern-ocvered area (dims. 34m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4m) which is incorporated in field bank NE-S, with traces of an external fosse S-N. The entrance may have been at SW where there is a slight dip in the perimeter.
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: 10 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.