Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballaman, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaman
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61902, -6.55696
- SMR number
- WX010-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 at the bottom of a fairly steep W-facing slope with a N-S stream immediately to the W. Marked as large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55-60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Part of the bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m) is incorporated into a field bank N-E (C 40m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 2m) N-E, but the rest of the perimeter does not survive.
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: 11 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.