Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballyaddragh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyaddragh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24563, -6.32727
- SMR number
- WX048-156----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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 fairly level landscape at the top of clay cliffs (H c. 10m) down to the sea-shore, which is just to the NE. Archaeological monitoring (06E0909) identified at least five ring-ditches, but no details are available (McLoughlin 2009).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January, 2014
References
McLoughlin, C. 2009 Ballyaddragh. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 552, No. 2085. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.