Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
An Móta, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Móta
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mote
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mote (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.04986, -7.58336
- SMR number
- WA036-006----
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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
Depicted as a small mound (diam. c. 15m) described as a 'Moat' on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as the site of a Mote on the 1926 ed. It gave the name Móta to the townland, which is recorded in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1942, 50). Situated at the E end of a small E-W ridge in an area overgrown with scrub and c. 160m from the S shore of Dungarvan Harbour. A small quarry (dims. of base 6.5m N-S; 16m E-W; max. D 1.5m) with upcast is on the site. Shanacloon church (WA036-008601-) is c. 140m to the SW.
Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
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- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.