Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garraun Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraun Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49430, -6.74053
- SMR number
- WX024-010----
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
Located a the SW edge of a NW-SE ridge with a NW-SE stream c. 230m to the SW. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at SE. Archaeological testing (22E0251) by Y. Whitty and a geophysical survey (22R0034) immediately to the SW produced no related material (excavations.ie 2022:089).
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 revision: 25 June, 2012
Amended: 23 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.