Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Oulartwick Beg, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oulartwick Beg
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51543, -6.44295
- SMR number
- WX021-014----
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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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims c. 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located at the bottom of a N-facing slope with an E-W stream immediately to the N. This was described in 1987 (SMR file) as a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. 46m E–W; 36m N–S) defined by low earthen banks (Wth 8–9m; H 0.4m) with traces of an outer moat (Wth 7m) at S and field banks at W and N. The cropmark of a moat on the E side is also visible on Google Earth (18/07/2018) as reported first by Simon Dowling. (Barry 1977, 225, WX 97)
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
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 revision: 15, June 2012
Amended: 6 March 2020
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.