Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Forrestalstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forrestalstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46507, -6.75177
- SMR number
- WX024-059----
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 in the valley of a small SW-NE stream, which is c. 60m to the S and c. 100 to the E. A large circular enclosure (diam c. 75m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (MM (55) 0-2; ASIAP, WX 97, 2-4; 101, 14-18). There is no visible entrance gap but the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NW-SE road at NE.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.