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
- 52.14224, -6.91390
- SMR number
- WX054-007----
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
Located on the level landscape of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of the Hook peninsula, in a field which is called the 'Rath Field' on a map of 1771 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4. 376-7; Colfer 1978, 8). The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a faint fosse feature S-W-N is visible on aerial photographs (MM (31) 8-10).
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.
Date of upload/revision: 31 March, 2014
References
Colfer, B. 1978 The promontory of Hook. Wexford, Author
Hore, P.H. 1900-1911 (Reprint 1979) History of the town and county of Wexford, 6 vols. Dublin. Published by arrangement with W.A. Hennessy Esq.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.