Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynakill (scarawalsh By., Ballymore Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill (scarawalsh By., Ballymore Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60014, -6.44910
- SMR number
- WX015-001----
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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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight E-W rise in the floodplain of the ENE-WSW Bann River, with the stream c. 250m to the N. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDJ 63). No feature is visible at ground level in a cereal crop.
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: 30 April, 2012
Amended: 7 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.