Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Askingarran Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Askingarran Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60776, -6.21790
- SMR number
- WX017-019----
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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
A low rectangular east-facing headland flanked by gullies on either side. The natural defences seem to have been exploited by a fosse and two possible banks along the west. Not yet visited. The site lies in an area of fertile pasture with an unimproved strip along the shore. (Casey 2001)
Date of upload: 20 January 2020
References
Casey, M. 2001 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland: interim report for the Heritage Council. Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.