Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Churchtown (forth By., St. Helen'S Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Churchtown (forth By., St. Helen'S Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not idnicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24361, -6.35540
- SMR number
- WX048-154002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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 level landscape. Archaeological testing (05E1303) identified two ring-ditches that are probably prehistoric hut-sites, together with numerous pits, gullies and post-holes. Geophysical survey (06R108) over a wider area confirmed the identifications, and other pit features were recorded but a third possible ring-ditch identified in excavation was not detected. This ring-ditch (ext. diam. c. 12m) is defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.4-0.9m) and has a narrow opening (Wth 0.25m) at SSE, but much of the perimeter NW-NE is not present. Ring-ditch (WX048-154001-) is c. 75m to the WNW and ring-ditch (WX048-154003-) is c. 35m to the SW. The area remains undeveloped. (McLoughlin 2006, 6-7; 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 January, 2014
References
McLoughlin, C. 2006 Archaeological testing report, Churchtown, Kilrane, Co. Wexford. Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology. Unpublished report,National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
McLoughlin, C. 2008 Churchtown. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 399, No. 1618. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.