Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygalvert, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygalvert
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathgruadish
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathgruadish
- Coordinates
- 52.47478, -6.82985
- SMR number
- WX024-014----
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 trivallate enclosure called Rathgruadish on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope of White Mountain. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 35.5m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m generally to 6.5m at S; int. H 0.2m at N to 1m at S; ext. H 0.3m at N to 2.m at S), with an external fosse (Wth of top 5m at N to 7.5m at S; D 1.6m at S) and outer bank (Wth 4.5-5m; max. ext. H 2.2m at S) SE-W-N. The entrance (Wth 2m) through both banks is at SSE.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.