Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Lacken (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacken (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40453, -6.88425
- SMR number
- WX029-034----
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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
Located in a deciduous wood towards the bottom a the N-facing slope of Lacken hill and at the head of a SE-NW valley. This is an earthen mound (diam. of base 12.7m E-W; 11m N-S; H 1.5 2.5m) with a fosse (Wth of top 5.4-6m; Wth of base 1.5-3m; D 0.2-0.5m normally to 1.4m at S (up hill)). The centre and the N side have been excavated out, resulting in a trench (Wth at base 1.5m; L 5m N S) through the mound and the destruction of the fosse and the mound profile at N. There is a causeway or spoil (Wth 1.5m) in the fosse at SW. Rath (WX029-017----) is c. 150m to the NE.
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 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.