Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rocksborough, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rocksborough
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31718, -6.45274
- SMR number
- WX042-100----
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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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of a S-facing slope overlooking a small W-E stream that joins the South Slob of Wexford Harbour c. 300m to the E. A geophysical survey (Leigh 2018) in advance of a housing development identified a number of features that proved to be either natural or of recent agricultural origin, and a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 32m) defined by a fosse feature W-N-SE with an entrance at NE. Archaeological testing (19E0090) confirmed the fosse (Wth of top 2.4m; D 1.1m) at N filled with two layers of sandy silt cut into boulder clay and at S (Wth of top 2.6m). There is an internal structure (int. dim. 4.2m N-S) defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.2-0.5m) with a dark fill that has a hearth (dims 1.2m x 0.75m) within, close to the slot-trench at S. No artefacts were recovered, and it will probably be possible to preserve the archaeological features in situ. (Collins 2019; excavations.ie 2019:055)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 18 April, 2019
References
Collins, T. 2019 Archaeological Test Trenching & Impact Assessment at Rocksborough, Co. Wexford, Phase 2 Licence: 19E0090. Unpublished report, Aegis Archaeology
Leigh, J. 2018 Geophysical survey at Rocksborough, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 18R0261, Unpublished report J. M. Leigh Surveys for Aegis Archaeology
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