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Ringfort - rath

Lewistown, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lewistown, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lewistown
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.19527, -6.89650
SMR number
WX049-002002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the N edge of a plateau or low hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by a wide inner (Wth c. 5m) and narrower outer (Wth c. 2m) concentric fosse features (ext. diam. c. 60m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BOD 44). There is a wide gap (Wth c. 10m) in the inner fosse at NW and the enclosure is truncated slightly by a N-S field bank at E. The defining feature of enclosure (WX049-002001-) is attached to the outer fosse WSW-NW. It is also visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (101) 21-4) taken in July 2000.

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: 4 February 2014

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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