Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Templeshelin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templeshelin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.40814, -6.75996
- SMR number
- WX030-043----
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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
Situated at the bottom of the steep SW-facing slope of Carrickmastia Hill, at the junction with a gentler slope. This is a D-shaped area with a straight E side (dims. 38m E-W; 32m N-S) that is planted with coniferous trees and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1.6-2.2m) with an external flat bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 1- 1.5m). There is a counterscarp bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.3m) SE-NW, and the fosse on the straight E side has been partly filled in on the outside. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) and widely spread causeway at NE.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.