Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Knockatober, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockatober
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53360, -6.76800
- SMR number
- WX018-003----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked faintly as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 65m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) and described as the site of a fort on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located just off the S-facing crest of a slight shelf in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. Traces of a rectangular enclosure (dims. 40m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) are visibel defined by a wide low bank and traces of fosse at SE and SW and by field fences elsewhere.
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: 22 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.