Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Monglass, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monglass
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51556, -6.65949
- SMR number
- WX019-015----
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
Located in a slight hollow of a gentle E-facing slope with a W-E stream c. 60m to the S and the NW-SE River Urin in a deep valley c. 600m to the E. This is a raised rectangular, grass-covered area (dims. 40m ENE-WSW; 38m NNW-SSE) defined by a straight scarp with an external moat (Wth of top 2-3.5m; D below the interior 1.5-2m) on all sides except the N where there is a laneway.
The abpve 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackway1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.