Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathumney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathumney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29949, -6.86783
- SMR number
- WX040-016001-
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
Situated on top of a broad hill. Aerial photograph (GB89.AO.15) shows the cropmark of a large curvilinear enclosure (dim. c. 100m E-W) E-S-W with an entrance facing south east. The curve of the modern road appears to respect the eastern boundary of this monument. A curved fosse within the interior (C c. 20m) N-S of the enclosure appears aligned with a plough levelled field boundary and may not be contemporaneous. The cropmark of an incomplete circular rath (WX040-016----) defined by a fosse and with a narrow, concentric outer fosse is located in the adjoining field to the N. Both enclosures appear to be part of the same monument.
Date of upload: 03 March, 2010.
Gillian Barrett: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.