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Ringfort - rath

Knockmore (Bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Knockmore, 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
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 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

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

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

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