Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballymacoonoge, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacoonoge
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47239, -6.41890
- SMR number
- WX027-010----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a low SE-NW spur. Two concentric cropmark rings (max. diam. c. 10m) are visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDP 6). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Archaeological testing (09E0564) on an extensive area (dims c. 200m NW-SE; c. 140m NE-SW at NW to c. 190m NE-SW at SE) in Glentire townland and c. 130m to the E at the closest point produced no related archaeological material (Nelis 2012). A remote sensing magnetometer survey (18R0065) in advance of a quarry development confirmed the presence of archaeological features at this location (Gimson et al. 2018, 4, M11), and the possible ring-ditch (WX027-010001-) is c. 10m to the SW. This ring-ditch and five other possible ring-ditches will be excluded from the development, but archaeological testing (19E0010) of the rest of the proposed quarry area produced no related archaeological material (Carroll 2019; excavations.ie 2019: 384). Archaeological monitoring (20E0204) by M. Carroll (2020) of topsoil removal in an L-shaped area of c. 3.3 ha to the E and S of the ring-ditches produced no related archaeological material of archaeological features.
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 revision: 14 March 2016
Amended: 8 April, 2020; 9 November 2022
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Carroll, M. 2020 Quarry development at Ballymacoonoge Td, Ballaghkeen, Co. Wexford. Licence: 20E0204. Unpublished report, Author
Nelis D. 2012 Glentire. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 220-1, No. 845. Dublin, Wordwell
Carroll, M. 2019 Archaeological testing of Ballymacoonoge Td., Ballaghkeen, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 19E0010. Unpublished report, Tobar Archaeological Services
Gimson, H., Garner, U. and C. Hogan 2018 The investigation of lands at Ballymacoonge and Glentire, Ballaghkeen, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 18R0065. Unpublished report, Earthsound
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