Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
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
- 52.58937, -6.50074
- SMR number
- WX015-003023-
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
Situated on relatively high ground c. 200m SW of Fern Castle (WX015-003001-). Archaeological testing and excavation (99E0527) uncovered a large ditch enclosing a circular area (int. diam. 14-16m) with an oval pit and an area of burning in the interior. No artefacts were recovered in relation to the enclosure. (Walsh 2000; Wallace 2002)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
References
Walsh. C. 2000 Castleland, Ferns. Pits. in I. Bennett, Excavations 1999. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 302, No. 876. Wordwell. Bray
Wallace A. 2002 Castleland. Irregular ditch. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 352-3, No. 1048. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.