Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Knockduff (ballaghkeen By., Courtown Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockduff (ballaghkeen By., Courtown Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66394, -6.28748
- SMR number
- WX012-039002-
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 slight NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m) defined by a single fairly wide fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible c. 3m outside the perimeter of enclosure (WX012-039001-) at E only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Catherine McLoughlin.
See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.