Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyanne, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyanne
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.42540, -6.89353
- SMR number
- WX029-004001-
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 D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 45m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) bisected by a N-S laneway on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is overlain by or cut by the perimeter of ringfort (WX029-004002-) at SE. It is located on a S-facing slope and the lane is still extant. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 50 m) defined by an earthen bank is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 381-2) taken c. 1977. The bank is now (1988) removed but it is visible as a vegetation change (Wth c. 4m) W of the laneway forming a D-shaped, grass-covered area (int. dims c. 40m N-S; c. 17m E-W). Rath site (WX029-004002-) immediately to the SE cut across this site.
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: 1 Auguste, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.