Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathphaudin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathphaudin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.46416, -6.78517
- SMR number
- WX024-037----
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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
Situated in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 10m to the W, and close to its source. This is a circular, dished and grass-covered area (diam. 47.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.2m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6.5m; D 1.3m) NNW-ENE and an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.2m) SSE-W. The site of the bank is clearly visible as a vegetation change ENE-SSE. There is no visible entrance. The enclosure is truncated at NW by a NE-SW field bank. Rath (WX024-038----) is c. 40m to the SE.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.