Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygowney,baylestown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygowney,baylestown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26693, -6.86131
- SMR number
- WX045-080----
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 the crest of a NNW-SSE ridge. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (61) 16-18). The perimeter incorporates a curved section of the field bank and townland boundary with Ballygowny SW-N (C c. 40m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 July, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 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.