Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gaynestown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaynestown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27250, -6.55092
- SMR number
- WX042-087----
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 slight SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25) defined by a single fosse feature with an entrance gap at SE is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX042-087_1 to _4) taken in 2006. Enclosure (WX042-086----) is c. 20m to the NW.
WX042-087----_1.jpg from SW
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 May, 2013
Amended: 1 May, 2014
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.