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Ringfort - rath

Raheenagurren West, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Raheenagurren West, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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