Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynabanoge, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynabanoge
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kilfive Rath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilfive Rath
- Coordinates
- 52.43710, -6.89552
- SMR number
- WX029-001----
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 large platform enclosure (max. diam. of top c. 90m N-S) called Kilfive Rath with an internal mound (diam. c. 20m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and named but not marked on the 1940 ed. It was recorded in 1939 as a D-shaped area (dims c. 26m E-W; c. 14m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) emerging out of the slope WSW-N-ESE (OSFM). It is situated towards the top of a NW-facing slope but was not visible in 1988 at ground level in pasture.
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: 23 November, 2012
References
OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.