Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loftushall, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loftushall
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15125, -6.90990
- SMR number
- WX054-001001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 the level, low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of the Hook peninsula, with the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir immediately to the N. It is known locally as the Ring, and the Ring field is marked on a map of 1771 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 377). This is a subrectangular, grass-covered area (dims. 54m E-W; 52m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earthen and stone bank (Wth 4-6m; int. and ext. H 0.4-0.6m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a grass-covered cairn (diam. 6m; H 0.2-0.6m) in the SE quadrant.
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: 31 March, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.