Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathturtin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathturtin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.42888, -6.77488
- SMR number
- WX030-007----
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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
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70-75m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located just off the S-facing slope of a broad plateau. This is a circular area (diam. 45m NNW-SSE) planted with coniferous trees and defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H1.1m) separated by a fosse (at NW: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 2.1m; ext. D 1.1m) from an outer bank (at NW: Wth 4.1m; ext. H 1.1m) and outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 3.5m; ext. D 0.7m). The entrance and causeway through both banks (Wth 6.5m) at WSW is probably modern (max. ext. diam. 65m). Earthwork (WX030-008----) is c. 50m to the SW.
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: 16 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.