Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garryhack, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryhack
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.23817, -6.47241
- SMR number
- WX047-117----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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 top of a prominent knoll. An arc of an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4m) and hedge survives SW-NE (C 34m), with no visible fosse or entrance. It is known locally as a rath.
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: 15 October, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.