Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycowan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycowan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24076, -6.39728
- SMR number
- WX048-134----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight rise in a gently undulating landscape. The faint cropmark of an eclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (6) 24-6). It is also visible on the OSi aerial photographic series (2000).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 January, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.