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Ringfort - rath

Leachestown,Ballycogly, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Leachestown, Ballycogly, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Leachestown,Ballycogly
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.24806, -6.47139
SMR number
WX047-020001-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the tip of a low SW-NE spur with a small SE-NW stream c. 200m to the NE. It is marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45-50m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is depicted in Leachestown townland. This is a raised D-shaped and grass-covered enclosure (dims. 57m E-W; c. 55m N-S) with some trees defined by a scarp which is most prominent at N (H 1.5m), with a section of an outer fosse at NW (Wth of top c. 5m; D 1m) and along the straight S side (Wth of base 5.4m; int. D 2.2m; ext. D 1.5m), bordering Leachestown. This flat-bottomed fosse at S may be modern, and there is no recognisable entrance. There is a circular enclosure or possible hut-site (dims. 19m E-W; c. 18m N-S) defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5-5.5m; H 0.2-0.9m) in the interior at S.

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: 11 October, 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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