Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldcourt (shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcourt (shelburne By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.34532, -6.95330
- SMR number
- WX034-029----
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 in the flat-bottomed valley of the Oldcourt Stream, which runs E-W c. 100m to the N, with a small S-N stream c. 85m to the E. This is a raised circular area in mixed woodland (diam. 26m) defined by a slight bank (Wth 5.5-6.5m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H 1.2-2m) and traces of an external fosse that is most prominent at N (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.3m). There is a ramp entrance (Wth 1m) at S.
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: 14 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.