Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Maxboley, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maxboley
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25837, -6.67941
- SMR number
- WX046-103----
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 gentle SW-facing slope. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined by a single slight fosse or ditch that appears to be absent SE-SW is visible only on Google Earth (26/04/2021). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (26/04/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.