Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knocknoran, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknoran
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20808, -6.56478
- SMR number
- WX052-041001-
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 level landscape. The cropmark of a crescent-shaped enclosure (dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 15m NW-SE) defined by a fosse feature is attached to the SE of rath (WX052-041----) as an annexe. It is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX052-041_1 to _3) from July 2006.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 18 February, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.