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Promontory fort - coastal

Glen (Richards), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Promontory fort - coastal, Glen (Richards), 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
Glen (Richards)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Pollshone Moat
Latest-edition OS map
Pollshone Fort
Coordinates
52.61705, -6.22232
SMR number
WX012-012----

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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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the coast at Polshone Head with the sea immedately adjacent NW-SE and a ravine on the S side. This grass-covered area is defended by two fosses. The inner enclosure is subcircular or D-shaped (dims. 32m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by scarps (H 1.6-2m) at N and S and destroyed by sea erosion at E, but a curving bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 3m; D 1.2m) and counterscarp bank (Wth c. 4m; ext. H 0.3m) survive S-NW. The outer enclosure to the W is triangular (dims. 28m E-W; 23m N-S at E) with the apex at W whre it is defined by a fosse across the promontory (Wth of top 6m; D 2m). The inner enclosure may have been a rath imposed on earlier defences.

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: 13 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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