Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Askinfarney (bantry By., Templeudigan Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Askinfarney (bantry By., Templeudigan Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47863, -6.76350
- SMR number
- WX024-026----
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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
Marked as double banked subrectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 65m N-S) with slightly curved sides, particularly at E and W, only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated close to the summit of a low hill, on its S-facing slope. Nothing is visible at ground level in pasture. It is listed as a moated site (Barry 1977, 213, WX 2), but it may have been a ringfort, which was truncated by E-W field banks at N and S.
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
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.