Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballywilliamroe, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballywilliamroe
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.57063, -6.59443
- SMR number
- WX014-020----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 on a slight shelf in a low-lyiing landscape with a N-S stream c. 90m to the E and a smaller W-E stream c. 30m to the S. It is described as a rectangular area (dims. 44m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by earthen banks with a flat-bottomed external fosse or moat (Wth of top 5m; D c. 1.5m) and an outer bank. A leat led from the NE angle to the stream (OPW file). It has been removed since the 1970s. (Barrv 1977, 51–2, 216, WX 27)
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 April, 2012
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.