What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybanoge (gorey By., Edermine Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballybanoge (gorey By., Edermine Ed), County Wexford, Ireland. The monument is located towards the top of a southwest-facing slope, where an oblique aerial photograph reveals a circular cropmark with a diameter of approximately 40 metres defined by a single fosse. No surface feature is visible at ground level in the pasture, while Rath is situated approximately 150 metres to the south-southeast.
Located towards the top of a SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: ASW 80). No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (WX011-018----) is c. 150m to the SSE.
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: 12 April, 2012
Amended: 12 May, 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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