Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathmacknee Little, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmacknee Little
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.27196, -6.48147
- SMR number
- WX042-030----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a low hillock in a level, low-lying landscape. This is a raised circular area (diam. 52m E-W; 49m N-S) growing mixed woodland trees and it is defined by a scarp (H 1.4m at E to 2m at S), with traces of a bank at W (Wth 6m; max. int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.2m). There is no visible fosse, but there is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at SW.
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: 28 May, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.