Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballingowan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingowan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47522, -6.34637
- SMR number
- WX027-073----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a gentle SW-facing slope. The parchmark of circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by a single narrow fosse is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is also visible on OSI images (2000), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018)
Comiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 11 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.