Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Brideswell Big, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brideswell Big
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68044, -6.45839
- SMR number
- WX005-019----
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
Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. A rectangular, grass-covered area (dims. 67m N-S; 37m E-W) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5-2m), an outer flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 4-6m; Wth of base 1.8m to 3m; ext. D 1.4-2.2m), and an outer field bank (Wth 3.2-5m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) on all sides except the N where there is a scarp (H 1.4m). The outer face of the moat is stone-faced on the S side where there is no outer bank, and the field banks have hedges. There is a modern entrance at the E end of the S side.
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: 29 February 2012
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