Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killowen (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killowen (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.65973, -6.36323
- SMR number
- WX011-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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 on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a SE-NW stream c. 110m to the SW. This is now a D-shaped grass-covered area (diam. 36m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 0.7m-1.2m) with a straight side (L 23m) at SE defined by a low scarp (H 0.2m) where the bank has been removed. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The possible rath (WX011-004----) is c. 50m to the ENE.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.