Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Moneycross Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneycross Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63943, -6.32449
- SMR number
- WX011-086001-
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
Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of two ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). This ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m) is defined by a single fosse, and the ring-ditch (WX011-08602-) is c. 12m to the ENE. The monuments were first reported by Faith Bailey
See the attached enhanced view (left) from Google Earth (14/07/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 17 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.