Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Aughmore (forth By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughmore (forth By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22530, -6.39278
- SMR number
- WX048-027001-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam c. 15m) defined by a slight ditch feature that is incorporated into the ditches of field system (WX048-027-----) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 2). It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop. The enclosure site (WX048-027002-) is c. 10m to the SW.
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: 2 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.