Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinclare (gorey By., Balloughter Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinclare (gorey By., Balloughter Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63042, -6.39374
- SMR number
- WX011-011005-
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
Located on a broad, low ENE-WSW ridge. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W; ext. diam. c. 55m E-W) defined by a prominent inner fosse (Wth c. 3-4m) and a lighter outer fosse is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The fosses appear to be cut at S by the outer fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX011-011004-), and only the inner rath fosse is lightly traceable S of this. At the W edge the rath is cut by a N-S drain that is marked on the 1839 and 1902 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but there appear to be entrances through the inner fosse at WNW (Wth c. 4m) and NW (Wth c. 5m). The cropmarks were first reported by Jean Charles Caillère and were also noted by Simon Dowling.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 September 2019
Amended: 28 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.