Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Monart East, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monart East
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52719, -6.63116
- SMR number
- WX019-007----
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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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the NE. This is a rectangular overgrown area (dims. c. 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by earthen banks (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.9-1.5m; ext. H 2.6-3.2m) with external flat-bottomed moats (Wth of top 6.8-7m; D below exterior 0.5-1.6m). There is an entrance (Wth 1m) in the bank on the NE side, and there is a modern spoil bank outside the permeter at NW. (Barry 1977, 223, WX 85)
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
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.