Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Courtballyedmond, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courtballyedmond
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.55629, -6.32780
- SMR number
- WX016-022001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a slight SE-facing slope with a small NW-SE stream c. 50m to the NE. This is a slightly raised wedge-shaped overgrown area (dims. 37-43m N-S; 29-35m E-W) with raised corners. It is defined by earthen banks (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) and a flat-bottomed fosse or moat (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.3m). An outer bank has been removed since the 1940s (SMR file) but slight traces of the moat are still visible at the W. (Barry 1977, 219)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 7/1956).
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.