Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyregan (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyregan (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66611, -6.41809
- SMR number
- WX011-001001-
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 in a valley bottom, with a small N-S stream c. 130m to the W. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 57m NW–SE; 50m NE–SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.3-0.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m) NW–E-S. There is no visible entrance. There is a cairn (diam. 2.5m; H 0.2m) with quartz stones just N of the centre but there is no evidence of any structure. It is known locally as ‘the Churchyard’ or the ‘Old Graveyard and there are said to have been burials there c. 200 years ago (IFC: Schools Collection, vol. 889, 133) but there is no physical evidence of this. There is a well encroaching on the perimeter at S.
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
Amended: 12 Sep. 2013; 12 May, 2014, 11 June 2020
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.