Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Bricketstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bricketstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.35676, -6.65894
- SMR number
- WX036-023----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1839 (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) and 1924 (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) eds of the OS 6 inch map, and situated on a broad but low N-S ridge. It is not visible at ground level in a harvested cereal crop. Archaeological testing (08E0172) c. 60m to the NW produced no related material (Tobin 2011), and further work (09E0561) had a similar outcome (Stafford 2013).
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 November, 2012
References
Tobin, R. 2011 Bricketstown. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 371, No. 1270. Dublin, Wordwell.
Stafford, E. 2013 Bricketstown. Vicinity of earthwork site. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2013: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 228-9, No. 722. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.