Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathnure Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnure Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Emvanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49577, -6.75829
- SMR number
- WX024-008----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1839 ed. and as a ditched enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is visible as a slightly dished grass-covered area (diam. 40m) with portion of the bank at S surviving in a road bank (C 23m). It is visible as a double ditched cropmark enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m) on aerial photographs (MM (1) 18-21), and the cropmark can be seen on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995).
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.
WX024-008----_1.jpg from S
WX024-008----_2.jpg from SW
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 25 June, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.