Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Nook, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Nook
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26199, -6.96350
- SMR number
- WX044-039----
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 fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (41) 8-12; (47) 18-20), and also on aerial photograph (ASIAP (436) 35) taken in 2006 where it is defined by a single fosse feature with a gap at E and another gap at SE. The enclosure (WX044-040----) is c. 30m to the S.
WX044-039----_1.jpg from SW
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 June, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.