Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tomcool Big, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tomcool Big
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35533, -6.61457
- SMR number
- WX036-027----
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 slight SE-facing slope. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), probably defined by two fosse features, is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDR 12). It is not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (19E0130) c. 100m to the E produced no related material (McLoughlin 2019; excavations.ie 2019:065).
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: 8 November, 2012
Revised: 9 November 2020
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
McLoughlin, C. 2019 Final Archaeological Assessment Report, Tomcool Big, Co. Wexford. Licence: 19E0160. Unpublished report, Author.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.