Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballyboher, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboher
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21802, -6.45147
- SMR number
- WX047-142002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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 a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m) is visible inside the perimeter of rectangular enclosure (WX047-142001-) at N on aerial photographs (ASIAP (263) 21-3; (265) 15-6; (267) 26-7). It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000)and on images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). .
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 October, 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.