Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ferns Demesne, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Demesne
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59277, -6.48647
- SMR number
- WX015-057----
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
Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a single fosse or (Wth c. 4m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (15) 29–31) and on images from a drone-mounted camera operated by Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey in 2018. An entrance is not visible.
See the attached view looking W courtesy of Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey
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.
Date of upload: 2 May, 2012
Amended: 23 August, 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.