Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Crory, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crory
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57905, -6.51232
- SMR number
- WX015-059----
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 a rise on a SE-facing slope overlooking the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 500m to the SE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 15m) defined by a single wide fosse feature (Wth c. 6m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (16) 5–7). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018)
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 revision: 2 May, 2012
Amended: 23 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.