Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Watchtower
Rosslarefort, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosslarefort
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Watch Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Watch Tower (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.33331, -6.36773
- SMR number
- WX038-007003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A small rectangular structure is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map outside the E angle of Rosslare fort (WX038-007001-) and described in gothic lettering as a watch house. It is described as in ruins on the 1903 ed. This tower would enable the Revenue officers and the pilots to see ships approaching the harbour at a greater distance, and would be part of the 18th century accoutrement of the fort. It is now washed away.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Weir - fish2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.