Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gaynestown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaynestown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.27706, -6.54720
- SMR number
- WX042-025----
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 low N-S spur. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 31.8m N-S) defined by a scrub–covered earthen bank (Wth 2.2-5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) SW-N-SE, with traces of an external fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; ext. D 0.3m) visible at SE and W. The original entrance cannot be identified.
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: 27 May, 2013.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.