Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockea, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockea
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30187, -6.90213
- SMR number
- WX039-086----
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 a NW-facing slope of Knockea Hill. The cropmark of an oval feature (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-086_1 to _3) taken in 2006.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.