Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylough, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylough
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55589, -6.53384
- SMR number
- WX015-020----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight rise in the flood-plain f the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 150m to the SE and a small W-E stream c. 20m to the S. A cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) enclosing a small hillock and defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BGP 80). No feature is visible at ground level in pasture, but the enclosure can be seen faintly on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995).
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: 8 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.