Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ramstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ramstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18097, -6.84084
- SMR number
- WX050-028----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 46m N-S) defined by a continuous fosse is visible on iMAPs (2022). It is also partially visible on MapGenie (2013-18), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from iMAPs (2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.