Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kayle, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kayle
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31362, -6.81423
- SMR number
- WX040-008----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6- inch map, and situated on a slight S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but is visible as a cropmark (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature on aerial photographs (MM (30) 35-7). It is also visible on digital aerial photographs (WX040-008_1 to _3) taken in 2006.
WX040-008----_1.jpg from W
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: 19 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.