Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballyminaunhill,coolnastudd, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyminaunhill,coolnastudd
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65056, -6.31137
- SMR number
- WX011-008----
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
Located at the base of Ballyminaun Hill on the NW side, with a slight SW-NE stream immediately to the NW. Marked as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, incorporating a field bank and townland boudnary with Coolnastudd W-N. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.