Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monamolin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monamolin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49163, -6.80130
- SMR number
- WX024-002001-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the E-facing slope of a W-E spur in the foothills of White Mountain. This is a circular grass and fern-covered area (42.3m E-W; diam. 40.7m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-6.3m; int. H 0.8-1.2m; ext. H 1.8m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 6-7.8m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.7m at E to1.8m at W) and external bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1m) surviving S-NNW and NNE-SE (max. ext. dim. 60m E-W). There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 5m) and outer (Wth 3m) bank at ESE. There is a tradition of burial in the interior but there is no evidence of a church or burial.
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: 25 June, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.