Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Davidstown (bantry By., Whitechurch Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Davidstown (bantry By., Whitechurch Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35900, -6.61371
- SMR number
- WX036-028----
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
Situated on a broad plateau in a low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDR 12), but it is not visible at ground level in pasture. It is also visible on digital aerial photographs (WX036-028_1 to _4) taken in 2006. Archaeological testing (08E0948) immediately to the NE of the encosure failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2011a).
WX036-028----_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 revision: 8 November, 2012
Amended: 10 February, 2014
References
McLoughlin, C. 2011a Davidstown. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 372, No. 1276. Wordwell, Dublin.
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