Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunmain, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunmain
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30734, -6.88730
- SMR number
- WX039-081----
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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 slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m; ext. diam. c. 45m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-081_1 to _6) taken in 2006. A house was built on the location in 2007. Raths (WX039-082----) and (WX039-083----) are c. 180m to the SW and c. 200m to the SSW respectively. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline under the road to the N in Area 6b produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie: 2105: 422).
WX039-081----_1.jpg from N
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 January, 2013
Amended: 19 October 2020
References
Sutton, B. 2018 Archaeological monitoring along the Wexford feeder main. Areas 1-13. Licence No. 15E0412. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
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