Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Moneycross Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneycross Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63949, -6.32417
- SMR number
- WX011-086002-
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 only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). This ring-ditch (diam. c. 6m) is defined by a complete inner fosse, and an outer fosse c. 7-12m distant is visible SW-N. The ring-ditch (WX011-086001-) is c. 12m to the WSW. The monuments were first reported by Faith Bailey.
See the attached enhanced view (right) from Google Earth (14/07/2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 January 2021
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.