Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Knockmullen, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmullen
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66590, -6.28989
- SMR number
- WX012-036----
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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 on a slight SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m N-S) defined by a slight fosse or drain is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018; 14/07/2018). It is surrounded by the fosse of an outer enclosure (diam. c. 80m N-S) that is only visible S-W-N on the same images. Archaeological testing (17E0665) by Seán Shanahan in the area immediately to the E of the central enclosure recovered a pit (diam. 0.6m; D 0.2m) with three layers including burnt clay and a charcoal-rich soil. The pit would be within the outer enclosure (Shanahan 2018, 29-31), but evidence of the outer enclosure was not found so it may have been eroded on the E side. There was little archaeology in the remainder of the area extending off to the NE (See excavations.ie 2017: 249: 2018:216).
See the attached enhanced views from Google Earth (18/06/2018) _2 and (14/07/2018) _1
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 February 2020
References
Shanahan, S. 2018 Report on Archaeological Testing Knockmullen (Phase 1), Gorey, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 17 E0665. Unpublished report, Shanarc Archaeology
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.