Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballylucas, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylucas
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.43287, -6.43182
- SMR number
- WX033-002----
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 at the crest of a S-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 200m to the SE. This is a raised and scrub-covered oval area (dims. 28m E-W; 22m N-S; H 3.5-4.7m) defined by a flat bottomed fosse (Wth 6.5m; ext. D 0.6m) surviving W NE. It is listed as a motte (Colfer 1987, 99).
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: 4 September, 2012
References
Colfer, B. 1987 Anglo-Norman settlement in County Wexford. In K. Whelan and W. Nolan (eds), Wexford: History and Society, 65-101. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.