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Ringfort - rath

Brownstown (Shelmaliere West By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Brownstown, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brownstown (Shelmaliere West By.)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.33916, -6.81387
SMR number
WX035-037----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a tripple-banked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped enclosure on the 1925 ed. It is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. This is a raised D-shaped area (diam. c. 40m NE-SW) planted in coniferous trees and truncated by NW-SE field bank at NE. It is defined by slight traces of an earthen bank SE-W and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.6-1.6m). There is no visible fosse or entrance.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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