Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Toberfinnick, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberfinnick
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.40189, -6.48881
- SMR number
- WX032-021----
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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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a natural promontory in a loop of the N-S River Sow with steep slopes (H c. 15m) N-E-W where the river is c. 20-50m distant. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 28m NW-SE; 23.8m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 10m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 3.5m) with an external flat bottomed fosse (at NW: Wth of top 8.5m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 1.5m) W-N and elsewhere by a scarp (Wth 5-6m; H 3.6-4.5m) with a berm (Wth 1 3m) at its base and natural steep slopes below. There is no visible entrance. Castlesow motte (WX032-022----) is c. 100 m to the S, on the other side of the river.
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: 3 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.