Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyhast, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhast
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.63508, -6.37621
- SMR number
- WX011-012----
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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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. This is a slightly raised, subcircular, grass-covered area (dims. 39m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m at NW to 4.7-6.3m normally; int. H 0.2-0.7m; ext. H 0.7–1.1m) that is incorporated into a field bank and hedge W-N-E. There is no visible entrance or fosse.
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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.