Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raheennahennedy, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheennahennedy
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40082, -6.79698
- SMR number
- WX030-039----
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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 faintly as a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a broad NW-SE valley with a stream c. 80m to the NE. This is badly eroded monument that is visible as a slightly dished, circular, grass-covered area (diam. 28-29m) defined by widely spread bank SW-N-E, a wide fosse (Wth 11-14m), and the remains of outer bank (Wth 10-13m; max. H 0.6m) WNW-N-E that is incorporated into a field bank WSW-WNW (max. ext. diam. 56m E-W). It has no identifiable entrance.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy 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.