Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 52.35695, -6.72956
- SMR number
- WX036-069----
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 slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 25-30m NW-SE) defined by a conitnuous fosse or ditch feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (48) 14, 15; (50) 16). Rath (WX036-068----) is c. 280m to the N. it may have been a decorative tree-ring.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 November, 2012
Amended: 2 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.