Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finshoge, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finshoge
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.36960, -6.90457
- SMR number
- WX034-010----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope towards the head of a S-N valley. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 33m) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H c. 0.5-1.5m; ext. H 2.5-3m), with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 4.5m) NE-SW on the uphill side of the monument. There is an entrance gap (Wth 3.7m) at NE. Rath (WX034-008002-) is c. 150m to the NW and rath (WX034-011----) is c. 80m to the SE, while the earthwork (WX034-009----) and ringfort (WX034-012----) are c. 140m to the W and c. 100m to the E respectively.
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: 13 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.