Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathfylane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathfylane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.49502, -6.70951
- SMR number
- WX025-003----
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 circular enclosure (diam. c. 60-65m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a hill. Traces of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) were visible in the 1940s (SMR file). It is now visible as a slightly dished grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m). Rath (WX025-002----) is c. 200m to the NE and rath (WX024-049----) is c. 50m to the 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: 3 July, 2012
Amended: 28 April, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.