Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathumney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathumney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29994, -6.86792
- SMR number
- WX040-016----
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 bivallate circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map, and situated on top of a broad hill. It is not visible at ground level. Aerial photograph (GB89.AO.15) shows the cropmark of an incomplete circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m) defined by a fosse with a narrow, concentric outer fosse (max. ext. diam. c. 50). The enclosure is cut by an E-W field boundary at S. A curvilinear annexe extends from the outer fosse on the northern perimeter of the enclosure. A large curvilinear enclosure (WX040-016001-) is located in the adjacent field to the south. Both enclosures appear to be part of the same monument.
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: 21 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.