Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - inland
Ballyhoge, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhoge
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39957, -6.56622
- SMR number
- WX032-014----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the W side of a broad N-S spur between the River Slaney on the E and a N-S tributary stream on the W that is called Redenegh in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 101, 104). This is a natural triangular or oval promontory (dims 49m E-W; 38m N-S) in mixed woodland with cliffs (H c. 10m) at N and S, and the remains of a fosse visible as a vegetation change (Wth 4-8m) in pasture at the E (landward) side.
The following above 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: 31 August, 2012
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.