Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rochestown (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochestown (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37426, -6.87091
- SMR number
- WX035-004----
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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 faintly as a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) cut by a NW-SE lane towards the NE edge on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a SE-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, and a lime-kiln depicted just outside the perimeter at E on the 1839 ed. of the map is no longer present. It may have been a ringfort or a quarry.
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: 16 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.