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Ringfort - rath

Courtlands East, County Wexford, Ireland

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Townland
Courtlands East
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.24708, -6.51240
SMR number
WX047-168----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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 level, low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on OSI aerial images from 2000. A gradiometer survey (20R0088) confirmed the presence of a fosse and identified a possible entrance (Wth c. 3m) at E (Leigh 2020). Other linear features were also detected outside the enclosure. Archaeological testing (20E0323) immediately to the NE outside the rath produced no related material and identified only one of the linear features from the gradiometer survey which was related to modern drainage (McCarthy 2020 excavations.ie 2020:117).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 October, 2013
Amended: 11 November 202; 2 November 2020

References

OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.

Leigh, J. M. 2020 Geophysical Survey Report. Courtalands East, Mayglass, County Wexford. Licence No. 20R0088. Unpublished report, Author

McCarthy, M. 2020 Archaeological Impact and Assessment including Test Excavation. Final Report, Courtlands East, Co. Wexford. Licence: 20E0323. Unpublished report, Author.

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

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