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Ring-ditch

Ballymacoonoge, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Ballymacoonoge, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballymacoonoge
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.47817, -6.42506
SMR number
WX027-068----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a gentle N-facing slope with an E-W section of the River Sow c. 110m to the N. A circular feature (diam. c. 12m) defined by a continuous fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 23 September 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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