Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Growtown Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Growtown Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33384, -6.60714
- SMR number
- WX036-091----
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 N-facing slope. The vegetation mark in grass of a subrectangular or D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 27m NW-SE defined by a single fosse is visible on iMaps (2022). It is also visible on MapGenie (1999-2003), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached views from _02 MapGenie (1999-2003) and _03 iMAPs (2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.