Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygarvan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarvan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31139, -6.84824
- SMR number
- WX040-068----
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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 E-facing slope. This is a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 40m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank and hedge best preserved (Wth 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) S-N and reduced to a scarp (H 1m) E-S. The monument is truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at S, but there is no visible fosse. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline c. 30m to the N in Area 7 produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422).
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: 18 February, 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 Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.