Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown Big, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Big
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25292, -6.59490
- SMR number
- WX046-024----
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. It is described locally as a low circular enclosure that was known as a 'rath' which had been removed in the 1960s. It is visible as a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 39m), and it is visible as a cropmark defined by a single fosse feature that may have had an outer bank on aerial photographs (MM (7) 34-7; MM (9) 23-4).
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: 20 August, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.