Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunanore Or Goldentown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunanore Or Goldentown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.39954, -6.85447
- SMR number
- WX030-032----
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
Located on a slight S and W-facing slope. This is a subrectangular or oval grass-covered area (dims. 44m E-W; 37m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.5-8m; int. H 0.8-1.4m; ext. H 1m at N to 2-2.4m generally), with an external fosse NE-S-WNW (Wth of top 5.5-6.5m; D 0.3m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) paved with stones across the fosse at SSW, and the perimeter is foreshortened by an outer field bank at W.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.