Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballylough, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylough
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57082, -6.51842
- SMR number
- WX015-011----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 140m to the SE and a smaller NW-SE stream immediately to the N. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Slight traces of circular area defined by fosse (diam. c. 30m) were visible in the 1940s (SMR file). No featire is visible at ground level in pasture.
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
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.