Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Slevoy, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slevoy
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.30739, -6.71262
- SMR number
- WX041-013----
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
Depicted as a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 55m WNW-ESE; c. 50m NNE-SSW) bisected by a NW-SE field bank on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located on a broad plateau. This is a rectangular area (dims. 35m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) planted with mixed trees and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. It only survives NE of the field bank and the SW portion of the monument is visible as a slight rise in a harvested cereal crop. It may be an altered ringfort.
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: 20 March, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.