Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fortification
Whitepark, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitepark
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- site of Entrenchment
- Latest-edition OS map
- Entrenchment (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.76247, -6.17817
- SMR number
- WX003-015----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked 'Entrenchment (site of)' on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and depicted as a small rectangular field or paddock (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) on the earlier map, which may represent the quarry that destoyed what were thought to be earthwors connected with the Cromwellian era (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 15) and 1798 when it is thought to have been occupied by British solders (OSFM). No antiquity is visible at ground level.
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: 20 November, 2012
References
OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.