Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rochestown (bargy By., Harperstown Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochestown (bargy By., Harperstown Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.28363, -6.65788
- SMR number
- WX041-063----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (8) 27-30). It is also faintly visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 March, 2013
Amended: 1 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated site1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Castle - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.