Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Norrismount, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Norrismount
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61203, -6.42401
- SMR number
- WX016-002001-
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 rise in the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 75m to the NW. A circular cropmark (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: ASW 76, BDJ 69, BGF 19). No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The rath site (WX016-002002-) is c. 20m to the N. It is also faintly visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached 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 upload/revision: 21 May, 2012
Amended: 6 May, 2014, 23 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.