Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Kilcannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52222, -6.53476
- SMR number
- WX020-128002-
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
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1811 · 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
Situated on the narrow floodplain of the River Slaney with an old curve of the river c. 12m to the E and what might be a smaller channel (Wth c. 10-15m) just to the W. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 3-4m) defined by a continuous fosse is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). Ring-ditch (WX020-128001-) is c. 75m to the N. It was first reported by Simon Dowling.
See the attached enhanced view (bottom) from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.