Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Raheenduff (ballaghkeen By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheenduff (ballaghkeen By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52343, -6.38114
- SMR number
- WX021-016----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on an E-facing slope c. 350m SE of a col that has slightly higher ground c. 300m to the N and S. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018).
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: 15 June, 2012
Amended: 26 July 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.