Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Curraduff (scarawalsh By., Rossard Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraduff (scarawalsh By., Rossard Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56827, -6.73000
- SMR number
- WX014-021----
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
Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains, with a NW-SE stream c. 50m to the S and a N-S stream immediately to the W. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. An arc of the bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 1m) is incorporated into the field bank SW–NW (C 22m).
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 siteunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.