Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shelmaliere Commons (shelburne By., Carrick Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shelmaliere Commons (shelburne By., Carrick Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33427, -6.53188
- SMR number
- WX037-035----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a wooded enclosure on the 1941 ed. It is located towards the top of a N-facing slope on the spine of the N end of the NE-SW Forth Mountain ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 36m N-S; c. 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with stone cladding (Wth 2m; max. int. H 0.3-1m; max. ext. H 1.5m at N). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Following a site inspection in June 2016 by the National Monuments Service, it was confirmed that this site has been seriously damaged but it is likely that sub surface archaeology survives at this location. Archaeological testing (19E0688) c. 40m to the W produced no related material (Taylor 2019).
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: 15 June, 2016;
Amended: 9 November 2022
References
Taylor, K. 2019 Interim Archaeological Assessment and Monitoring Report. Shelmaliere Commons, Barntown, Co. Wexford. Licence: 19E0688. Unpublished report, TVAS
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.