Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilclammon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilclammon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.35746, -6.90992
- SMR number
- WX034-023----
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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
Located on a little bluff overlooking a small NE-SW stream just to the NW. This was an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 42m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-7m; int. H c. 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.7m at E to 2.8m at N and 3.5m at W), with an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; ext. D 0.5-1m) E-S-W on the uphill side. The interior is slightly raised at N. There was an entrance (Wth 4m) at E and a ramp entrance (Wth 3m) through the bank at W was probably not original (SMR file). It was removed since 1988.
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.