Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mylerspark, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mylerspark
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.36860, -6.90370
- SMR number
- WX034-011----
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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
Marked as a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) with a bank only on the W side on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 32m N-S; c. 25m E-W) truncated on the E side by a N-S field bank on the 1924 ed. of the map. It is situated towards the bottom of a steep W-facing slope and towards the head of a S-N valley. This is a D-shaped overgrown area (dims 32m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by a low bank (Wth 4-5.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.6m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (WX034-010----) is c. 110m to the NW and ringfort (WX034-012----) is c. 110m to the NE. This site has been listed as a moated site (Barry 1977, 225, WX. 91).
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
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
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.