Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Ballygowney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygowney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26945, -6.86257
- SMR number
- WX040-108----
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 at the crest of the E-facing slope of a N-S ridge. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a fosse is separated by a berm (Wth c. 15-20m) from an outer fosse. This creates a large enclosed area (diam. c. 80m), and It is only visible on iMAPs (2022). An entrances is not detected in the inner enclosure but there may be one (Wth c. 8m) in the outer at ESE. The enclosure was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from iMAPs (2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.