Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monacahee, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monacahee
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathroe
- Coordinates
- 52.26704, -6.89859
- SMR number
- WX039-047001-
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 a plateau. This is a subcircular scrub-covered area (dims 46m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.4m at S) with a flat- bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5m at N to 9m at S; Wth of base 1.5m at W to 5m at S). There is an outer bank (Wth 3-4m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m), with a slight berm (max. Wth 4m) between it and the inner fosse S-W-N (max. ext. dims 63m N-S; 63m E-W). The outer bank is incorporated into a road bank NW-E-SE. There is no identifiable entrance or outer fosse. The church (WX039-047002-) is in the interior.
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: 29 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.