Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cushenstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cushenstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.36124, -6.86765
- SMR number
- WX035-017----
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 on a gentle W-facing slope with a small N-S stream c. 300m to the W. This is a raised oval area (dims. c. 50m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) that is overgrown and defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth 8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m.), with an external fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.5m) SSE-SW. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2m) at SE.
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: 15 October, 2012
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