Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockavilla, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavilla
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41036, -6.92952
- SMR number
- WX029-043----
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
Situated at the crest of the NE-facing slope of a broad N-S ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m; ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by what are probably two fosse features (Wth c. 2-4m) separated by a berm (Wth c. 5m) on the site of a bank is visible only on Google Earth (01/02/2018). The defining features are only visible S-W-N as the enclosure is bisected by a N-S field bank and there is a small planted wood E of this. It is probably a rath and was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillére.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 April, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.