Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kyle Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kyle Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39667, -6.54356
- SMR number
- WX032-053----
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 towards the bottom of a N-facing slope in the valley of the N-S River Slaney with the river c. 200m to the W and a small E-W stream c. 200m to the N. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse feature with an entrance gap at N is visible on aerial photographs (MM (51) 21, 22).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August, 2012
Amended: 21 February, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.