Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Forrestalstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forrestalstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.47189, -6.74572
- SMR number
- WX024-031----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the valley of a W-E stream c. 100m W of its confluence with a SW-NE stream. This is a circular overgrown area altered into a D-shaped area (dims. 35m E-W; 30m N-S) by the stream on the S side and by field clearance at the W side. It is defined by a flat bottomed moat (at E: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 3.5m; int. D 2.4m; ext. D 1.8m) with a slight inner bank (at E: Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m) and an intermittent outer bank (at E: Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.5m) NW-SE. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 6m), which is probably modern, at NE.
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: 25 June, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.