Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Broomhill, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Broomhill
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19257, -6.90023
- SMR number
- WX049-030----
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 on a slight E and NE-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 25-30m) defined by a single fosse feature and with an entrance at N was recorded by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works) during July 2018.
See the attached aerial view taken from E courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 02 January, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.