Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ferns Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58394, -6.48375
- SMR number
- WX015-067----
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 slight rise on the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 50m to the SE. Archaeological monitoring (98E0132) of a NW-SE sewer-pipe trench recorded two ditches or fosses in the section placed c. 40m apart. The NW ditch (Wth of top 1.7m; D 0.8m) was filled with a uniform layer of silty brown clay with some gravel, but the SE fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 1.8m) contained charcoal lenses. A charcoal sample from the old ground surface produced a C14 date of 1220 +- 50 BP (c. 830 AD). (Ryan and Henry 2000, 301; Ryan 2000, 11)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 May, 2012
References
Ryan, F. and M. Henry 2000 Ferns sewerage scheme. Multi-period. in I. Bennett Excavations 1999. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 300-02, No. 875.
Ryan, F. 1998 Archaeological findings from monitoring of Phase 1 of Ferns sewerage scheme, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report. Mary Henry Archaeological Services
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.