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Ringfort - rath

Ballyboher, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyboher, 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
Ballyboher
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.22020, -6.45476
SMR number
WX047-058----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 a level landscape. The cropmark of a circular bivallate enclosure with a wide outer and narrow inner fosse is visible on aerial photographs (MM (42) 30-1; (43) 6-14) and on digital aerial photographs (WX047-057_1 to _ 11). The central area (diam. c. 30m) is defined by a very slight feature compared to the outer fosse feature (int. diam. c. 50m) that is very wide (Wth up to c. 10m). It is visible on the ground as a low relief raised and dished area (diam. c. 50m) that is probably an eroded ringfort with a large hut-site at the centre.

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.

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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