Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Assagart, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Assagart
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.36180, -6.71628
- SMR number
- WX036-013001-
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and similarly on the 1924 ed. It is situated on the spine of a low N-S spur. It has been removed since 1973 (GSIAP, S 389/390) but is clearly visible on aerial photographs (MM (8) 2-8) as a double ditched cropmark enclosure (max. ext. diam. c. 60m) with an internal circular hut-site (diam. c. 10m). There is an annexe (dims. c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by a single fosse feature attached to the NE. The cropmarks are also visible on digital aerial photographs (WX036-013_1 to _7) taken in 2006.
WX036-013----_1.jpg from NE
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: 5 Novermber, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Industrial siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.