Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rochestown (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochestown (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37110, -6.88044
- SMR number
- WX034-081----
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
Situated on the SE-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse feature with an entrance gap at E is visible on aerial photographs (WX034-081_1 to _4) taken in 2006.
WX034-081----_1.jpg from SE
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.