Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Courthoyle New, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courthoyle New
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathlyhar
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathlyhar
- Coordinates
- 52.38691, -6.79193
- SMR number
- WX030-058----
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 a large enclosure described as 'Rathlyhar' on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and situated just E of the top of a broad, low hill. This is a circular area (diam. c. 110m) planted in a cereal crop and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.6- 1.8m) and hedge. There are slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth c. 6-8m) visible as a slight dip down towards the base of the bank externally. There is an entrance (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 2m), perhaps modern, at the W point.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.