Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lewistown, County Wexford, Ireland
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-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.