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
- 52.58980, -6.49754
- SMR number
- WX015-003026-
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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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a SE-facing slope c. 140m SE of Ferns Castle (WX015-003001-). Archaeological testing (95E0067) uncovered one shallow pit (L. c. 2.3m; Wth c. 0.5m; D 0.3m) containing over 800 sherds of medieval coarse ware representing at least 8 vessels. There was no evidence of burning and the sherds are not wasters. (Gowen 1996)
Gowen, M. (1996) Castleland, Ferns. Medieval urban. in I. Bennett, Excavations 1995. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 87-8, No. 273. Wordwell. Bray
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
References
Gowen, M. 1996 Castleland, Ferns. Medieval urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 87-8, No. 273. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.