Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygow (bargy By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygow (bargy By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.22672, -6.71464
- SMR number
- WX046-027----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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 slight rise in a low-lying landscape, with an ENE-WSW stream c. 60m to the S. This is a subcircular area (dims. 41.5m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank preserved as a field bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H 2.2m), with an outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.8m) E-W-N that has been re-cut as a field drain. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SE, and the interior was planted with coniferous trees in 1988.
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: 16 July, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.