Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lacken (ballaghkeen By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacken (ballaghkeen By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41061, -6.48426
- SMR number
- WX032-052001-
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
Located on a slight W-facing slope in the basin of the River Sow with the N-S stream c. 50m to the W. The cropmark of an enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (51) 6-15). The ring-ditch (WX032-052003-) is on the perimeter at SW and others are nearby.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.