Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaslaney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaslaney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enlosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40910, -6.52434
- SMR number
- WX032-020----
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
This was described in 1987 (SMR file) as a circular overgrown area (diam. 43m E W; 40m N S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3-6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m). There was an entrance (Wth 3m) at WNW, but there was no visible fosse. It had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). In July 2018 a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works) recorded an image of its cropmark as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 5m) visible in parched pasture, but an entrance feature is not visible.
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.
See the attached aerial view taken from S courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 2 January, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.