Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Grange Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49665, -6.77532
- SMR number
- WX024-003----
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
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
Situated towards the W edge of the plateau of a NW-SE spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains close to the source of the Boro River, with the NW-SE stream c. 400m to the SW. This is a circular area (diam. 40m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a large earthen bank (Wth 8-11.7m; int. H 1.8m at S to 2.2m at W), with an external fosse (Wth of top 7-7.5m; D 1-1.4m) surviving W NE. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at WSW, and the interior is cultivated as a vegetable garden.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.