Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygarran, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarran
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.50772, -6.29384
- SMR number
- WX022-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located at the W edge of a slight N-S ridge. This is a slightly raised and overgrown circular area (diam. 32m) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1–1.5m) E–S-W and a scarp elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Archaeological monitoring (02E0261) outside a 20m buffer zone SW-N-E failed to produce any related material (O'Donnell, 2004).
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
References
O'Donnell, M. 2004 Ballygarran. No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. 515, No. 1908. Wordwell. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.