Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathjarney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathjarney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27798, -6.48789
- SMR number
- WX042-028----
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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
Marked as a triangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 80m E-W at N; c. 70m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map with the apex at the S, and situated in a small N-S valley with the stream c. 30m to the E. It is traceable today as a slightly raised triangular area (dims 71m E-W; 60.5m N-S) defined by field banks and hedges on the N and SW sides, while a field bank has been removed on the SE side. Archaeological testing (22E0353) by N. Gregory immediately E of the site of the boundary at SE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2022:395).
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
Amended: 10 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.