Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvelig, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvelig
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.27427, -6.93730
- SMR number
- WX039-040----
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 on the outer edge of a shelf on a SW-facing slope. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 38m NNW-SSE; 26m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 7.8-8.5m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m) with the remains of an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.2-7.5m; D 0.4-0.4m). Beyond the fosse is a berm (Wth 11m at NE; 4m at SW) defined by a low bank or scarp (max. H 0.8m) (max. ext. dim. ENE-WSW 58m). The outer scarp is truncated by NE-SW field banks at NW and SE. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.