Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraghmore (shelburne By., Tintern Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghmore (shelburne By., Tintern Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25888, -6.84360
- SMR number
- WX045-003----
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 broad, low, N-S ridge. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASZ 49). Slight traces of a scarp (C 32m; H 0.4m) are visible SE-SW in pasture
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: 23 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.