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 indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24333, -6.35565
- SMR number
- WX048-154003-
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 (McLoughlin 2006; 2008). Geophysical survey (06R108) over a wider area confirmed the identifications, and other pit features were recorded. A third possible ring-ditch identified in excavation was not detected but this ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m) was recorded through geophysics. It is evident as an arc of a slot-trench SW-NW-NE. Ring-ditch (WX048-154001-) is c. 75m to the NW and ring-ditch (WX048-154002-) is c. 35m to the NE. The area remains undeveloped. (Bonsal 2006, 7)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 January, 2014
References
McLoughlin, C. 2008 Churchtown. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 399, No. 1618. Dublin. Wordwell.
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 Unpublished report,National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Bonsall, J. 2006. Land adjacent to the N23, Churchtown, Kilrane, County Wexford. Unpublished report, Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics
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.