Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballymore Demesne, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymore Demesne
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59917, -6.36611
- SMR number
- WX016-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
It is not recorded on any map but is visible as a ploughed out rectangular feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP: T 151/0) and on OSI ap series (2000). It is situated at the bottom of the N-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge. It is described locally as a rectangular area defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse or moat (Wth c. 2m; D c. 2m) with a S-N stream running through the centre of it. It was reclaimed in the 1960s but is traceable on the ground as a slight vegetation change in pasture (int. dims c. 47m N-S; c. 43m E-W).
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: 21 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.