Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybrazil, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrazil
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicatd
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.31927, -6.94686
- SMR number
- WX039-008----
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
Located towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of Slievecoiltia Hill. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 38m NE-SW) that is overgrown at the N and slopes down steeply to the SW. It is defined by a low bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) NW-NE and a low scarp (H 0.8m at SW) elsewhere. There is an external fosse (Wth of top 8m; max. ext. D 1.2m) NW-NE which becomes a berm (Wth c. 13m) NE-S-NW defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at SW) SE-SW and a curved field bank SW-NW. There are traces of a further outer earthwork in a scarp S-SW (H 2m) 10m distant from the outer scarp, which may be a natural scarp down to a stream running off to the W. There is no identifiable entrance.
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 upload/revision: 24 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.