Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Coolharbour, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolharbour
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55013, -6.32001
- SMR number
- WX021-006----
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 on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an irregularly-shaped or sub-rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims c. 75m E-W; c. 55m N-S). It is situated on a slight N-facing slope with the W-E Ballyedmond River c. 140m to the N. It is described in the 1940s as having slight traces of an earthen bank (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but it is listed as a moated site (Barry 1977, 218, WX 41).
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: 15 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.