Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rossard, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossard
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59459, -6.69297
- SMR number
- WX014-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as irregular enclosure on 1841 OS 6-inch map, and situated on a S-facing slope. Bank incorporated into field fence SE-W (diam. c. 30m). An entrance at S, probably modern, is now blocked.
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: 26 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated site1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Bullaun stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.