Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Garrymile, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrymile
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50150, -6.46424
- SMR number
- WX020-040----
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
Marked as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shelf on a gentle SW-facing slope. This is a rectangular, grass-covered area (dims 31m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by low, widely-spread banks and external flat-bottomed silted moats (Wth 11m; ext. D 0.5m). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). (Barry 1977, 220, WX 59)
See the attached enhanced view from Google earth (2018)
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
Amended: 26 July 2021
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Rock scribing - folk artunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.