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Ringfort - rath

Grange Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Grange Upper, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Grange Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.50297, -6.77223
SMR number
WX018-020----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a gentle E-facing slope. This is a circular area (diam. 32m NNE-SSW; 30m WNW-ESE) planted with coniferous trees defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m at SE to Wth 4.2-6.8m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m generally). The site was altered, probably when it was planted with trees. There is no visible fosse. There is an entrance gap at N but the original entrance (Wth 4m) is at E.

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: 22 May 2012.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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