Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Reedstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reedstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19330, -6.40339
- SMR number
- WX053-086002-
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 NE-SW rise between the W shore of Lady’s Island Lough and a small inlet of the lake at W. The cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a single faint ditch feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (44) 19-21). Drains from the field system (WX053-086001-) are attached to the perimeter. Rath (WX053-086003-) is c. 140m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 25 March, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.