Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathturtin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathturtin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42634, -6.76812
- SMR number
- WX030-009----
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 on a slight NW-SE spur with small NW-SE streams c. 300m to the NE and c. 550m to the SW and the W-E Aughnaglaur River is c. 450m to the S. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; H 0.5m) planted with coniferous trees and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4m; D 0.4m) SE NW, and by a scarp (H 0.3m) N SE. The entrance (Wth 7m) is at SE.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.