Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathdowney (forth By., Lady'S Island Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdowney (forth By., Lady'S Island Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.22189, -6.35874
- SMR number
- WX048-046----
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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
Situated on a rise in a gently undulating landscape. This is a circular, grass-covered area (diam. c. 55m) defined by widely spread bank (Wth c. 12m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1 1.4m). There is no visible fosse or entrance (max. ext. diam. 76m E-W).
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: 8 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.