Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Banntown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banntown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65567, -6.37143
- SMR number
- WX011-077001-
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 at the crest of the N-facing slope of a broad hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by a single fosse feature is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are pits on the line of the fosse at N, SE and WNW. The fosse is lightest at NW and the entrance might be in this sector. Rath (WX011-077002-) is c. 50m to the E. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.