Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Clondaw, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clondaw
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.52454, -6.45144
- SMR number
- WX020-029----
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
Marked as the site of a castle on the 1839 and 1940 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and represented as a recatangular embanked or moated enclosure on both. It is situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. This is a rectangular grass-covered area with raised corners (dims. 43m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by overgrown moats (Wth c. 6m; D below interior 1-1.5m) on each side, with an outer bank (Wth 5-6m; ext. H 0.5m) at E and S. There is no historical documentation on a castle. (Barry 1977, 216, WX 36)
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.