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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34553, -6.96639
- SMR number
- WX034-080----
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 at the bottom of a S-facing slope with the E-W Oldcourt stream c. 30m to the S. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a fosse feature W-N-E is visible on aerial photographs (WX034-080_ 1 to _ 3) taken in 2006.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 September, 2012
Amended: 1 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.