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Castle - ringwork

Castleland (Scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Castleland, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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