Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballymoty Beg, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymoty Beg
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50800, -6.47272
- SMR number
- WX020-038----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight shelf in the valley of a NE-SW stream, which is c. 80m to the SE. This is an overgrown rectangular area with raised corners (dims. 33m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) defined by earthen banks (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m) and external moats (Wth 6-7m; int. D 2.2-2.3m; ext. D 0.8-1.2m). A small NW-SE stream flows through the SW moat. (Barry 1977, 215, WX 18)
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: 6 June, 2012
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Rock scribing - folk artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.