Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brocorrow, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brocorrow
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42163, -6.75126
- SMR number
- WX030-027----
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 small embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25-30m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated in a valley bottom with a SW-NE stream c. 60m to the SE. The confluence of this stream with the W-E Aughnaglaur River is. c. 100m to the E. This is a slightly raised D-shaped area (dims. 22m WNW-ESE; 17m NNE-SSW) defined by a slight but broad scarp (H 0.3-0.7m) that is truncated by a NW-SE field bank at S. It is known locally as Whelan’s Rath, and it has always been in this condition.
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: 15 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.