Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlehaystown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlehaystown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37404, -6.67458
- SMR number
- WX036-062----
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 towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. The cropmark of a large enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) defined by a complete fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (50) 17-19). There are traces of a narrow external bank (Wth c. 3m) and outer ditch W-NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 November, 2012
Amended: 2 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.