Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whitefort (shelmaliere East By., Edermine Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitefort (shelmaliere East By., Edermine Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41330, -6.51410
- SMR number
- WX032-057----
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 on a fairly level landscape. In July 2018 a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works) recorded an image of the cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse feature with a wide entrance at NE.
See the attached aerial view taken from NW courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January, 2018
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.