Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - pond
Knockbrandon Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrandon Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71267, -6.43927
- SMR number
- WX006-083003-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a shallow basin at the source of the W-E River Lask, with a slight hill c. 800m to the E and higher hills c. 2km to the NW in Co. Wicklow. This is a circular area (diam. c. 10m) surrounded by a waterlogged fosse (Wth c. 8-10m; D c. 0.7-0.95m) and outer earthen and stone bank (Wth 4.5m; ext. H 0.4m). There is a break in bank (Wth 5m) at SSE (max. ext. diam. c. 35m). Pond (WX006-083002-) is c. 30m to the SW and barrow (WX006-083004-) is c. 30m to the E.
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: 26 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.