Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballywater Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballywater Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.53603, -6.24769
- SMR number
- WX022-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a broad low hill. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area with some trees surrounding a slight rise (dims. 59m E–W; 52m N–S). The perimeter is defined by interupted sections of an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.5m) E-S and a scarp (H c. 0.3m) elsewhere. An entrance through the bank at E may be modern, and there is no visible fosse.
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: 18 June, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.