Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Castleland (scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleland (scarawalsh By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59078, -6.49926
- SMR number
- WX015-003007-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Dermot MacMurrough's house which was burnt in 1166 (Hore 1910, 299) may have been a ringwork castle and was probably located at the site of the present castle. Evidence of an earthen rampart which was probably stone-faced is visible under the E and S walls of the later castle (WX015-003001-) and the SE angle tower which are built on it (Sweetman 1979, 218).
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: 30 April, 2012
References
Sweetman, P.D. 1979 Archaeological excavations at Ferns Castle, Co. Wexford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 79C, 217-45.
Hore, P. H. 1910 Ferns, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 40, 297-315.
Nearby in the register
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- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.