Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockmore (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmore (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49817, -6.70423
- SMR number
- WX019-017----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a wooded enclosure on the 1839 (ext. diam. c. 65m) and 1924 (diam. c. 40m) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a slight W-E spur. It was described in the 1940s as a circular area (diam. c. 40m N–S; c. 37m E–W) defined by an earthen bank, with no visible fosse or entrance recorded (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. It is visible as a D-shaped cropmark (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by a narrow fosse feature on digital aerial photographs (WX019-017_1 to _5) from 2006.It is also visible as a positive feature on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached view from 2006 (_1), and the enhanced view from Google Earth (2018) (-2)
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
Amended: 30 April, 2014, 23 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.