Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballydicken Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydicken Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38981, -6.54533
- SMR number
- WX032-028----
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
Situated towards the top of a steep NW-facing slope overlooking the N-S River Slaney at a point where it loops to the W, and with the headwaters of a small SE-NW stream c. 80m to the E. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature that is largely missing NE-SW is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 34). A slightly dished and grass-covered circular area (diam. c. 35m) is visible at ground level.
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: 31 August, 2012
Amended: 20 February, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.