Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rosspile, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosspile
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30044, -6.73951
- SMR number
- WX040-087----
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 on a slight E-facing slope in the valley of the N-S Corock River, with the meandering stream c. 160-220m to the E. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single continuous fosse and with one internal pit is visible on aerial photographs (MM (46) 18-20). A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area confirmed the existence of the rath but with no significant internal features (Nicholls 2020, F 19, Figs 9, 22). However, an entrance gap (Wth c. 3m) at S was also detected.
See the enhanced view from Nicholls (2020, Fig. 9).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 February, 2013
Amended: 30 December 2020
References
Nicholls, J. 2020 Geophysical Survey Report: Proposed Rosspile Solar Farm, Co. Wexford. Licence: 20R0129. Unpublished report, Target Archaeological Geophysics
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.