Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ringaheen, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ringaheen
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25694, -6.47379
- SMR number
- WX047-126001-
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 slight SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 36m x c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (5) 30-2; (7) 2-5; ASIAP (266) 30-2; (267) 2, 3; GB89.AP.05) within field system (WX048-126----). Ring-ditch (WX047-126002-) is c. 10m to the SE and ring-ditch (WX047-126005-) is immediately to the NW.
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: 18 October, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.