Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Assagart, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Assagart
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35880, -6.72889
- SMR number
- WX036-068----
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 fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a continuous fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (48) 16-18; MM (50) 12-15). Enclosure (WX036-069----) is c. 280m to the S. Archaeological testing (09E0304) c. 50m to the W, produced no related material (Ó Drisceoil 2012).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 November, 2012
Amended: 2 May, 2014
References
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2012 Assagart. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 218, No. 837. Dublin, Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.