Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raheenagurren West, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheenagurren West
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.66229, -6.27959
- SMR number
- WX012-003----
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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
Situated in a low-lying area. Marked as a D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m E-W; c. 45m N-S) backing onto an E-W field bank on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a hachured area (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1925 ed. This is an oval scrub-covered area (dims. 31m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 7-9m; int. H 1-1.5m; ext. H 1.3-3m) with external fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; ext. D 0.3-0.6m). There is no visible entrance and there is a marl pit outside the perimeter at SE. There was intense activity outside the rath within c. 150m of the perimeter SE-SW during prehistory (WX012-034001- to WX012-034009-).
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: 12 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.