Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Killabeg, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killabeg
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54890, -6.52592
- SMR number
- WX020-003----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a slight col with higher ground c. 350m to the W and c. 550m to the E, and on a slight N-facing slope. This is an overgrown rectangular area (dims. 43m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.6-0.9m) and raised at corners with external flat-bottomed moats (Wth 5.5-6.5m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 0.5-0.7m). There is an entrance gap and causeway (Wth 5m) on the W side. The burnt mound (WX020-060----) is c. 40m to the S. (Barry 1977, 222, WX 75)
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: 31 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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.