Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballinapark (newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinapark (newcastle By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01257, -6.09637
- SMR number
- WI025-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a slight natural hollow in gently undulating terrain. Square enclosure (dims. 30m x 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.9-1.2m) and an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.5m; D 1.7-2.5m) except at the NE angle where the bank is levelled. The moat is fed by a leat from a stream at the N side (Simpson 1994, 216). The interior is level and featureless, with no indication of an entrance.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
References
Simpson, L. 1994 Anglo-Norman settlement in Uí Briúin Cualann, 1169-1350. In K. Hannigan and W. Nolan (eds), Wicklow history and society, 191-235. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.