Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyart,ballyoughna, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyart,ballyoughna
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56489, -6.27732
- SMR number
- WX017-011----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked as irregular or D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) in Ballyart backing onto the townland boundary with Ballyoughna on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located on a slight W-facing slope with the S-N Owenavorragh River c. 400m to the W. This is a D-shaped, grass-covered area (dims. 28m NW–SE; 21m NE–SW) defined by slight trace of fosse SE–W and low scarp (Wth 5m; H 0.4m) elsewhere to the S of NW-SE field bank and townland bourndary with Ballyoughna, which truncates it slightly.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.