Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathphaudin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathphaudin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.46376, -6.78390
- SMR number
- WX024-038----
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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 a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 80m to the SW. Only the western segment of the enclosure survives as a D-shaped overgrown area (dims. c. 38m NW-SE; c. 31m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NW (C c. 30m) with no visible fosse or entrance. The enclosure is truncated by a NW-SE lane at NE and by a NE-SW farm lane at SE. Rath (WX024-037----) is c. 40m to the NW.
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 - rathunder 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.